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Originally Posted by Maggy J
I don't think things are as bad as she makes out but they have worsened.
My main complaint is that each and every qualification that our children have to acquire to get a decent job has gradually been eroded in value and meaning.
The last government's mantra seems to have been 'We must have more children getting A-C in GCSE.We must have more students attending college.They must get more A-levels at a higher grade.Everyone must go to university and get a degree.'
Now graduates must have a first class honours degree to become teachers was one recent suggestion of the Coalition.Well only if the remuneration is good enough sonny.. 
My concern is that all the public examinations have been cheapened as just bits of paper to fit an employer's criteria and not for the sense of achievement that they should imbue to those that take and pass them.A degree should mean much more than it does at present..At the moment getting a Masters degree is just about still does have the cachet it did but I can see a time coming when it's just one more bit of paper to gain in a bid to get the most basic of employment. |
Devalued currency comes to mind......
Yes and it's very odd that whilst they've been boasting about how well all our young people are doing, they've at the same time arguing that we don't have sufficient skilled or indeed unskilled young people to fulfill all the demands of industry and the state, hence the need for migration.
