Should the government speed up school rebuilding?

摘要

Yes it should, and there are two reasons why such a move would produce several benefits.rnFirst of all, it is perfectly clear to me (and to everyone else, no doubt) that the economy is slowing down and the number of opportunities coming to market in the commercial sectors is reducing rapidly.rnAnd second, while the Building Schools for the Future programme has been up and running for some time now, it has yet to deliver the transformation in educational outcomes that the programme was originally designed to facilitate.rnPut simply, this slow progress is due to the cumbersome nature of the procurement process, which means that relatively few schools have actually been completed. Added to that, the PFI mind-set that bedevilled some of the early schemes is only now working its way out of the system through the workings of the Cabe review process and other design-focused initiatives.