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The education of Scotland's young people will always be a priority of the SNP. Let's just have a wee look at the SNP's record on education.

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👉 All children in primaries 1 to 3 benefit from free school meals, saving families around £380 per child per year. #bbcqt
👉 £750m investment in our Scottish Attainment Challenge over the life of this Parliament.
👉 Spending by local councils on education up by £144 million in 2017-18.
👉 More school pupils are now in well-designed, accessible and inclusive learning environments. #bbcqt
👉 Between 2007 and 2017, 751 schools were built or refurbished – more than twice as many as the previous Labour/LibDem administrations.
👉 Record numbers of Scots are being accepted to study at university with record numbers from our most deprived communities too. #bbcqt
👉 A new £100 national minimum school clothing grant.
👉 The Disabled Students Allowance has been protected & bursaries for students have been maintained in Scotland, while the Tories have abolished both elsewhere in the UK. #bbcqt
👉 We’ve expanded the Education Maintenance Allowance in Scotland – now scrapped in England.
👉 We continue to maintain at least 116,000 full-time equivalent Scottish Government-funded college places. #bbcqt
👉 We’re supporting a further £300 million of investment to deliver new campuses at City of Glasgow, Inverness and Ayrshire Colleges.
👉We’re providing our further education students with record levels of support of £107 million in 2017-18 – up 32 per cent under the SNP. #bbcqt
👉 The number of full-time college students completing recognised higher education qualifications is at an all-time high.
👉 Full-time college students in Scotland can now benefit from the highest bursary of anywhere in the UK. #bbcqt
👉Graduates from Scottish universities are earning more than their counterparts in the UK.
👉 The package of support for university students is the best in the UK – with free tuition; low interest rates for student loan repayments; and a minimum income guarantee of £7,625. #bbcqt
👉 And we are committed to doing more. We’ve introduced a new £20,000 bursary for career changers aiming to become teachers in priority science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) subjects. #bbcqt

👇 Read more about our record in government here. snp.org/record/
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