On 11 Oct, 19:57, Bruce wrote:
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This indicates a massive failure of the education system. *

Labour's "remedy" was simply to accept lower academic standards and
reduce pass marks so it appeared that most school students passed
their exams. *That might have fooled the voting public for a while,
but it didn't fool employers who increasingly employed better educated
Eastern Europeans. *Neither did it fool the Universities who have had
to set up remedial classes to bring new entrants up to the academic
standards needed to start a degree course.

By what means did Labour reduce pass marks? I think you'll find that
all but one of the awarding bodies for GCSEs and A Levels are
charities, rather than government agencies, and the other one is owned
by a publisher. They are all regulated and are not allowed to vary
the standards. Any significant change in pass rates has to be
explained to the regulators.

But you'll go on saying stuff with equal certainty whether you know
anything about it or not.


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