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Tue 11 Nov 2002The Right To A Decent SchoolThe Government's decision to slow down the school building programme will dismay and exasperate the public. Several thousand pupils, parents and teachers must continue to endure conditions which scarcely meet basic accommodation standards.The INTO has a bulky dossier detailing several schools which remain a blight on the education landscape. Some are rat-infested. Many are damp and dilapidated with no proper heating or sanitary facilities. Mr John Carr, general secretary of the INTO, says " we live in a country where a champion racehorse like Rock of Gibraltar enjoys better conditions than many schoolchildren".