Malachai O'Hara - Education

Tuition fees should be abolished

Strongly Agree

There should be greater education in areas like LGBT rights, Mental Health, Money management and Sex Education.

Strongly Agree

There needs to be a greater awareness of neurodiverse conditions for both students & teaching staff

Strongly Agree

The cuts to the student nursing bursary should be reversed & extended to all health & social care students

Strongly Agree

There needs to be compulsory, comprehensive and standardised relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in schools

Strongly Agree

There needs to be an improvement in political education in schools, higher education & workplaces

Strongly Agree

'Activism' should be introduced as a compulsory school module

No Opinion

There should be greater funding for both SEN schools and SEN pupils in mainstream schools, as well as more training and access to resources for staff/practitioners to support SEN

Strongly Agree

There needs to be equal opportunities and access to higher education for all

Strongly Agree

There should be a reform of the RE curriculum to remove the Christian centric nature of the curriculum and provide more of a general education in world religions, philosophies and ethics to increase inclusivity as schools become more multicultural

Strongly Agree

Education classes/resources should be held by local community centres/schools to offer support and networks for new parents and families (e.g parenting classes, homework support classes, play groups) and more funding made available for programmes like Sure Start

Strongly Agree