Every serious step which would lead the country to have more successful students would be supported by Labour.

Spokesman for education Evarist Bartolo said Labour would support every measure to make schools a better and more stimulating place where children could receive education of the highest quality and acquire the necessary abilities in languages, mathematics, science, technology, sports, creativity and culture.

However, reforms were not calculated just by publicity alone and there were several important sectors where the government was saying one thing and doing another.

Reforms such as those proposed required more educational resources, which were still lacking, in classrooms.

Ninety per cent of the educational expenditure was going to salaries, eight per cent was operational and two per cent being left for programmes and initiatives.

The government was boasting that in two years it would be spending €7.5 million to introduce serious professionals to help students and teachers. But there was not one qualified educational psychologist for the 26,000 students in state schools.

The government was making do with trainee psychologists and more than 1,500 students suffering from dyslexia only had 12 trained teachers to help them.

The government also boasted that changes were only taking place following serious research. This was importance for children not to end up being use in a dangerous experiment which could be very damaging, Mr Bartolo said.