In a speech to the party's Scottish conference in Oban last week, FirstMinister Jack McConnell also said he would create six regional scienceacademies, invest more in pre-school education, set-up more breakfastand after-school clubs and reduce class sizes in primary schools. Andevery school would be encouraged to become an "eco school".
McConnell also said that he had asked Anton Colella, the former head ofthe Scottish Qualifications Authority, to look "at the options thatwould be open to us in the next Parliament to make leaving school at theages of 16 and 17 conditional on entering education, employment,training or full-time volunteering".
Meanwhile, a group of charities has launched No Time to Lose - amanifesto urging the Scottish Executive to develop a national strategyto address the problems faced by looked-after children.
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