The plans include two new comprehensives on one mega-school campus, co-education and the realignment of key stages. All to be done in less than 2 years.

According to Mr Llamas, the Government may say that it is satisfied that it has consulted far and wide, however, Mr Llamas says he is not satisfied that that is the case.

He continues "The key point here is that the single most important thing about these plans is that it is about education. It may also be about buildings, locations, traffic, costs and other things, but let us not lose sight of the fact that this is about the education of our children and therefore a key responsibility of this Government.

The survey which covers a number of elements of the Government’s plans for education in Gibraltar comprises 51 questions and will take less than 15 minutes to complete (depending on which sections you choose to tackle) and shall remain online till midnight on Wednesday 31st January 2018. It has 9 sections covering the following: general observations about the plan; co-education; the mega school campus; the school year re-alignments; the plan for St Martin’s School; the process of developing the plans and consultation; logistics; hot school lunches; and finally, issues regarding specific schools."

In his statement, Mr Llamas said “I’d like to invite as many as possible to join me in creating a new and dynamic way of doing politics in Gibraltar, in a respectful, reasonable, sensible and safe manner, whether you’re in the public or the private sector.

"I’m keen to harvest and collate the data gathered and present it to Government.

I am hopeful that this initiative will give us, in particular teachers, parents and students a voice which I can amplify by highlighting what we think is great, what we think needs re-thinking and how we would like to see things improved.”

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