Start education at age 6 or 7 is a good idea!!

Here’s my take on the following story from BBC education

School should start above age five

Children should not start formal school lessons until the age of six or seven, a group of educationalists says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-24058227

I broadly agree with this report. With young children of my own I can see how they would benefit from less formal schooling in the early years. An early start to the ‘three Rs’ also means that the spectre of super competitive parents begins earlier in a child’s, life bringing with it the associated pressures. Younger children should be allowed to play more; it helps them develop as people and the interaction that it inevitably entails will help to build their social skills. Perhaps Elizabeth Truss should meet up with her Parliamentary colleagues to discuss how the gap between rich and poor can be narrowed through good governance rather than framing educational issues against a social background. Talking about testing and evaluating reception age children is truly idiotic – let the teachers teach. Just more political nonsense.

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