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Brothers and sisters are like two opposite sides of a coin. Being siblings does not mean being hindered to be educated at the same school. It is important that the education of them should be aimed and not them studying in different schools.
Such a fact has been identified in the UK as the ministers of the country have been urging to the government in order to allow the siblings to study at the the same school. It is witnessed that this problem is prominent in the Edinburgh primary school.
The Minister's Move
The school minister of the country Nick Gibb said that he is willing to offer the siblings of England and Wales an automatic right, with the help of which they can attend the same state school. He will target to give it even if the number of the sits are over subscribed.
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The parents at Towerbank primary are facing the situation to send their children to different pre-schools from their brothers and sisters. They also believe that a national policy should exist regarding this.
Even the population has risen in the area. It prompts a review leading to the catchment being reduced.
Over 500 people have petitioned calling on the Edinburgh city council to allow a 'sibling guarantee'. The SNP; MSP and MPs are urged by the campaigners to support an approach, uniform in nature, throughout the whole country.
The Leaders In Action
Where Aberdeenshire Council guarantees the non-split up of the siblings, Portobello only accepts one of the four options under consideration of the councilors for the siblings to be admitted at the same school.
Parents have already been to the former justice minister, Kenny MacAskill and has also been backed by Tommy Sheppard, MP who wrote to the education convener of the city, Cllr Paul Godzick.
According to Mr. Sheppard, the guarantee’s absence was 'nonsensical'. He says “It will be a logistical nightmare for parents and is bound to have an adverse effect on both the education of their children. No matter which option the council goes with, a sibling guarantee must form part of it. Indeed, this should be the starting point for any redrawing of school catchment areas.”
The Guardian's View
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Morven Wraight, whose son is attending a school and daughter who can be sent to other school, is thinking that the splitting siblings is in contradiction with the rule of the Scottish Government Getting It Right For Every Child or Girfec strategy. She says “Without this guarantee parents face having to drop one young child at one school and travelling at least one and a half miles across busy main roads to a second school. There has been a whole push to send your child to the local school. We did send our child to the local school and now it could be changed so that his sister can’t go to that school. There is just a general belief among parents that kids have the right to be together.”
The education minister Angela Constance, has received a letter from Mr. MacAskill asking for the position of the Scottish government.
A spokesperson of the Scottish government said it is the council's duty to decide “how best to provide educational provision that meets local needs”.
Education For The Brothers & Sisters
It is true that education is a gift and it should not be limited in the choice of not letting the siblings to study at the same school. It is a notion, if left unconsidered, will produce no such harm. So, it is better not to educate the brothers; not to educate the isters but to educate both the brothers and sisters in the same state school.
