Around 120 schools across England will be rebuilt or remodeled under a 106m investment program announced by the Government this week. School Standards Minister Estelle Morris said that the money highlighted the Government’s continuing commitment to improve working conditions for pupils alongside the drive to raise standards and improve discipline in schools.
Speaking at the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers Conference in Jersey, Estelle Morris said that schools in 61 local education authorities will gain from the allocation of 106m from the Targeted Capital Fund.
This funding is part of a total 8.5bn of investment in school buildings over the next three years, comprising 7.8bn announced following the Spending Review 2000, plus the new funding announced in the last Budget of 700 m. Capital investment will be 2.2bn in 2001-02, 2.8bn in 2002-03, and 3.5bn in 2003-04.
– Richard Byatt
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