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Tony Polson[_2_] · June 4th 09, 03:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway

wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:15:06 +0100
Tony Polson wrote:
And of course it is grades on which NuLabour wish to be judged. Well,
it is obvious that, if you dumb down the subject, more people will get A
grades. But these grades are meaningless if they are not materially
better than an O Level grade.

Indeed. And since all scientific, mathematic, engineering and computer based
roles all require interview examinations either verbal or written which arn't
going to be dumbed down for any politician, all that'll happen is we'll end up
with a lot of kids wandering around with "A" grades wondering why they flunk
every job interview and the firms are all hiring from overseas.

Unfortunately, if you change within three decades from sending 20% of
the population to University to sending 50%, it is almost inevitable
that standards will have to drop. They have, and how!