Streaming and Setting. Should we or shouldn’t we?
- Nevil Chiles
- Sep 9, 2014
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 30, 2024
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-29051923
Surely this is a sensible policy?
By reducing standards and allowing almost everybody to ‘pass’ their exams the government has entered into a world where the difference between students is being masked.
Not everybody is an academic and that doesn’t matter. Every pupil should be given an equal chance.
Gathering people of similar abilities together is surely going to make teaching easier and more efficient. It also introduces (DARE I say it) competition; something that we are surrounded by every day of our lives.
Let’s not pretend it doesn’t exist.
It’s hard enough taking my 8 year old son to football tournaments where everybody ‘takes part’ but nobody wins. God forbid that somebody should lose!?
Nevil Chiles is the Managing Director of KC Tutors. www.kctutors.co.uk
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