1.   Many education officials derided the effort as exploitation of a captive youth audience.

2.   The Education Secretary has apologised in the Commons for calling a top education official a nutter.

3.   Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls.

4.   However, education officials were still acutely aware of the cost in time and money of vandalism.

5.   The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action.

6.   Controversy has also surrounded the terms under which Mr McNeill and four other senior education officials have been able to retire early.

7.   Already, education officials have proposed a certificate proving that these students have mastered a job skill.

8.   Although social promotion is illegal under current law, many education officials now acknowledge that it has been going on for years.