Nigel Farage slams Scotland’s education system on GB News

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Nigel Farage told GB News that “people used to say that the Scottish education system was the best in the world” when he was a child. The former Brexit Party leader went on to blast the current standard of education in Scotland under Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP Government and highlighted a lack of social mobility as a result of the system’s failure.

Mr Farage said: “You look at some countries like Poland, for example, which in terms of wealth is growing remarkably well.

“But the education system in Poland, which is turning out not just people who are academics but people with skills and trades.

“And look at Scotland, when I was a kid people used to say that the Scottish education system was the best in the world.

“That was what people used to say 50 years ago.

“Now, you mentioned how bad it has become in terms of education in Scotland.”

He continued: “The standard has fallen dramatically over those years.

“And with that, we have seen a huge decline in social mobility.

“I think something has gone very badly wrong in those parts of Scotland.

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“I think it is very sad.”

The SNP Government’s record on education has often been criticised by opposition parties.

The former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Jackson Carlaw, told Express.co.uk that Nicola Sturgeon has a very heavy record of failure in education, health and the economy.

Mr Carlaw said: “In terms of all the key health targets, the SNP is no nearer to hitting them.”

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“They are still missing significant targets each year.

“They are now just withdrawing from the education league tables rather than being exposed as failing in them.

“Our economy continues to be sluggish in comparison to the rest of the UK.

“So the record of failure is very heavily now embedded and it is hers.”

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