We need to protect our children’s education

AS a teacher/principal for the last 33 years I have witnessed what’s excellent in our primary school system. We survived the savage cuts of the 80s to build a top-class education system.

The greed and lack of regulation and leadership has seen our nation fall from its lofty perch to one lacking in confidence and awash with despair.

My own two children have been forced to emigrate to Australia and New Zealand to build new lives far away from their parents and friends. They, at least, were well served by our education system and have the skills to survive abroad.