When members were considering a report on the £100million Public Private Partner-ship (PPP) project under which six new secondary schools are being built across the authority at the recent meeting of the full council, LibDem councillor Eric Gotts moved a three-pronged amendment which was adopted by all parties.

The motion called on the council to acknowledge the continuing good progress of the new build secondary schools and to also recognise the need for a similar such project over the next few years to ensure that the primary sector school estate provides modern education and teaching facilities fit for the 21st Century.

The third prong to this motion was that the council writes to John Swinney, the finance secretary, urging the Scottish Government to ensure that its replacement for PPP is introduced without undue delay to enable EDC to start the modernisation process over the next few years.

Speaking after the meeting, Councillor Gotts told the Herald: "I welcome the all party support for the LibDem motion.

"The PPP initiative is clearly delivering six new secondary schools across East Dunbartonshire but now the council must address the weaknesses of its primary school estate.

"After all, parents, pupils and staff, have a right to expect modern teaching and learning facilities — the onus lies fairly and squarely with the Scottish Government, which has rejected publicly the PPP financial model but has yet to replace it with something that has proven to be workable.

"The Scottish Government will be judged locally on how quickly it can make primary school buildings across East Dunbart-onshire, fit for the 21st century."

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