The Department for Education and Skills has refused to say that theEthnic Minority Achievement Grant (Emag) will continue as a separatefund after 2008. The department is understood to be considering endingthe grant or giving it directly to schools to spend as they wish. But 77per cent of respondents to a survey by the General Teaching Council wereopposed to this course of action.
According to the council, most respondents felt that devolving the grantto schools would lead to the money being used for other priorities "suchas teachers' salaries" rather than specialised support. Respondents alsofelt that "schools should be held accountable for how this budget isspent and that external bodies should monitor this closely".
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