Gove risks return to two-tier system - Twigg

Published on Monday, 17 September 2012 16:21

Posted by Scott Buckler

Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the Government's plans to abolish GCSEs said..

"The problem with these changes are they are totally out of date, from a Tory-led Government totally out of touch with modern Britain. Whatever the reassurances, this risks a return to a two-tier system which left thousands of children on the scrap heap at the age of 16. Why else are the changes being delayed until 2017?

"Schools do need to change as all children stay on in education to 18 and we face up to the challenges of the 21st Century. We won't achieve that with a return to the 1980s. Instead, we need a system that promotes rigour and breadth, and prepares young people for the challenges of the modern economy."

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