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Scottish education needs urgent care 
ANDREA BRADLEY condemns the ongoing government failure to invest in and recognise the importance of education
Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the constituency office of Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville in Dunfermline, Fife, during their strike action in dispute over pay. Picture date: Wednesd

EDUCATION should be treated as the central nervous system of any decent society. Just as our central nervous systems control our thought, movement, emotions, breathing, body temperature, the quality of our education system influences how and how well our society functions for its citizens. 

Failure to handle the central nervous system with due care risks catastrophic damage to the body.

Failure to invest in our education system risks serious harm to children, young people and education staff, including teachers, and to our whole society, and one way or another, to all of its citizens. 

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