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MOD RECRUITMENT SLUR
Scottish MSP claims Army guilty of targeting young children in 'desperate' recruitment drive.
The Ministry of Defence’s recruitment practice in schools has been called into question by an MSP who claims it is deliberately targeting children.
Christine Grahame claims the MoD is lying that it enters schools, including primary and nursery, only after being invited by a teacher.
According to the Daily Telegraph she has obtained documents showing that the British military is lying over its assurances and is accusing the MoD of deliberately targeting young children in an attempt to boost its “flagging recruitment targets.”
This was denied by one of Scotland’s most senior Army officers, who said it receives numerous requests from schools for soldiers to attend classes but this is never used to recruit.
According to the Telegraph Miss Grahame has previously stirred controversy by stating she does not consider the Armed Forces a good career and recruiters are targeting pupils in poor areas of Scotland who want to escape the effects of the recession.
She said: “The MoD said that access is only ever allowed following invitation, but as I have demonstrated there is simply no paper trail and no evidence to support that claim as I had suspected.”
“These latest documents show that not only is the recruitment strategy aimed at children in primary schools, but that representatives of the armed forces are now routinely going into nursery schools too.”
“Schools are for educating our young, and not a ‘recruitment opportunity’ for a Ministry of Defence increasingly desperate to meet its flagging recruitment targets.”
Christine Grahame claims the MoD is lying that it enters schools, including primary and nursery, only after being invited by a teacher.
According to the Daily Telegraph she has obtained documents showing that the British military is lying over its assurances and is accusing the MoD of deliberately targeting young children in an attempt to boost its “flagging recruitment targets.”
This was denied by one of Scotland’s most senior Army officers, who said it receives numerous requests from schools for soldiers to attend classes but this is never used to recruit.
According to the Telegraph Miss Grahame has previously stirred controversy by stating she does not consider the Armed Forces a good career and recruiters are targeting pupils in poor areas of Scotland who want to escape the effects of the recession.
She said: “The MoD said that access is only ever allowed following invitation, but as I have demonstrated there is simply no paper trail and no evidence to support that claim as I had suspected.”
“These latest documents show that not only is the recruitment strategy aimed at children in primary schools, but that representatives of the armed forces are now routinely going into nursery schools too.”
“Schools are for educating our young, and not a ‘recruitment opportunity’ for a Ministry of Defence increasingly desperate to meet its flagging recruitment targets.”
