The Scottish Conservatives will:

• Ensure pupils leave school with the best chance of getting a job, by giving every child the opportunity of gaining academic qualifications or learning a vocational skill.

• Set up Second Chance Centres so continually disruptive pupils are removed from mainstream education and taught in seperate classrooms until they show they can behave.

• Give head teachers, not politicians, the power over class sizes, teacher employment and discipline in their schools.

• Improve standards of testing in reading, writing and maths.

• Give Parents more choice over which school their child attends.