EVERY child studying English, maths and science at school will be taught by a specialist teacher, under new proposals outlined by a North Yorkshire Liberal Democrat.
The party's education spokesman, Phil Willis, standing in the Harrogate and Knaresborough seat, said all lessons in core subjects - plus modern languages and IT - would be taken by suitably-qualified teachers.
Placing education at the heart of the election campaign, the Liberal Democrats said they would tackle the issue of half a million lessons in key subjects being taught by non-specialist teachers.
He pledged to invest £230 million to give extra training to 44,000 teachers.
The Lib Democrats have promised to cut class sizes in primary schools, abolish "unnecessary tests" and scrap all university tuition fees if elected on May 5.
Labour will let parents to select specialist schools, create 200 new City Academies, shore up powers to control truancy, introduce university top-up fees up to £3,000 and fund better school meals.
The Tories would create 600,000 new school places to boost choice, allow good schools to expand and give headteachers more power to expel disruptive pupils.
Updated: 10:47 Saturday, April 30, 2005
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