A poll commissioned by the Incorporated Society of Musicians
(ISM) has shown that the UK public overwhelmingly supports school
music lessons. Ninety-one per cent of British adults think that
children should be given the chance to learn an instrument at
school, according to the new research.
The poll also found that seventy-seven per cent of respondents
believe that the £82.5m it costs the government to fund music
lessons in England - equivalent to 3p per person per week - is
reasonable. This central government contribution is made through
the Music Standards Fund, which is only guaranteed until
2011.
ISM chief executive Deborah Annetts said that the poll's findings
were evidence that music education should be safeguarded from
government cost-cutting: 'In a time of political and economic
uncertainty with the threat of cuts, we need to fight for the
importance of music education. We now know that the public is
unquestionably behind us.'
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