What is education? Guest speaker (Mike Day)

Mike Day is a Cabinet Member and he talked to us about Education Policy. In this lecture we were given background information on what education is for and what education policy actually is. Education occurs in different instituions for different purposes. Therefore, education policy can directly affect the education of all children. Education policies are rules that that are used in schools to teach children effectively and properly. These rules state how childre learn and what they learn. The most important fact about Educational Policies is that they can in turn keep children in school and minimise truancy.
We then talked about who should run education policy.
Then we talked about where education policy is developed:

• Welsh Government
• Local Authority
• School and Governing body level

Mike Day didn't get to finish his presentation because he ran out of time.