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Originally Posted by Ed2020
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I meant to ask why you believe the teachers are boycotting the exams, if the interests of the children is not their priority.
In my opinion the problem is not the missed exam, it's the amount of time spent preparing for exams which are unnecessary and which do not lead to any meaningful qualification at the end of it. All of the time spent preparing for these exams (and I don't just mean Sats) is time taken away from real education.
I know several teachers who loved their job but have left because they simply don't feel that they're doing any teaching anymore. It's all about exam results, league tables and statistics. It doesn't benefit the children, the schools, the schools/colleges/universities they subsequently move to, or employers once they leave the education system.
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I have to say I've been rather disturbed by the way students are educated.It's about getting on with the syllabus but not about making sure that they have a basis to build on.Many,many times I've felt that a group have not grasped a subject in any depth before they are moved on to the next bit of the syllabus and the relevent boxes get ticked off.The problem is that later when they have to get to the next stage(particularly in maths,languages,English and science) because they didn't grasp the basics the year before they have difficulty the next year when a subject is revisited at the next stage they should be at.Some students especially the lower ability groups never can quite catch up.And yet if they were given more time in the first place they might possibly raise their standard to the next keystage level.