An analysis (Local government: Inspiration - and desperation, 24 September 2010, page 11) looked at some of the radical changes being considered by local authorities faced with big budget cuts: "Outsourcing services on a grand scale, selling off municipal assets, merging education departments with neighbouring councils" and so forth.
The One Million Initiative revised its participator sanitation and hygiene transormation (PHAST) strategy cy merging education components with a community-led total sanitation approach, amended to a community approach for total sanitation (CATS).
In a letter to BBC Scotland chief Ken MacQuarrie, the Scottish Parliament's cross-party education and culture committee has questioned plans to merge the education and local government reporter roles.
Last month Mr Andrews removed Merthyr Tydfil council's responsibility for education after a critical report by the schools watchdog, Estyn and said his "preferred option" was to merge its education services with neighbouring Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Pupils have issued a Youtube film plea to safeguard the future of their school amid plans to merge faith education in Denbighshire.
The simple $0.99 application merges education and entertainment by helping users learn how to play the piano through games.
Variables having low frequency such as "postgraduate education" was merged with tertiary education, while basic adult literacy education (where respondents were taught to read and write in the local language) was merged with "no formal education".
Labour first merged the education ministry with employment in the DfEE and then with skills, via its current incarnation as the clunkily titled Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Olga Kefaloyianni, a conservative lawmaker from Crete and the only female minister in the cabinet, heads the newly independent Tourism Ministry, separated from the culture portfolio, which was merged with education.
Three councils, including ours, are merging their education departments and we found out from the Today programme".
