BRITISH YOUTH ROBBED OF A FUTURE

New figures have been released which show that a mere one in five pupils were entered for GCSE exams in traditional academic subjects, in an attempt to obscure the poor performance of schools, under the Labour government.

In some areas, only 3 per cent of pupils were given the opportunity to study the core academic subjects of English, maths, two sciences, a language or history or geography.

None of us could, with a honest heart, claim that we believed a word LIEbour spilled to the public, but Tony's “EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION” rant went down a storm with many, but yet again, this has been revealed to be yet another one of Labour's scandals.

The truth behind Labour's rhetoric is that the number of pupils entering academic core exams fell dramatically from 50 per cent in 1997 to a dismal 22 per cent in 2010, and only 16.5 per cent of those who took the exams in England achieved good grades of C or above. One of the worst hit areas under Labour is Knowsley, where just three per cent of pupils achieved good results in traditional subjects, and that folks, is a eye watering 107 children.

In almost every aspect, Labour and Conservative governments have dismantled this nation, and this just proves that the liberal policies have dumbed down our educational system. In nearly every other developed nation, they assess children in a big range of core academic subjects, even if the pupil has decided not to take a vocational route. For example, in France all children take the “ Brevet des Colleges”, which assesses French, Maths, a modern foreign language, and one of either history, geography or civics.

But Labour, in all their half baked wisdom, gave non-academic qualifications, which forced the damaging collapse in the amount of children taking important subjects as schools pushed weaker pupils into other areas, so as to improve their league table performance. Plus, on top of this, some students in certain subjects, I.T for example, are only permitted to gain a maximum level grade of C or D because of the class sets they were put in at the age of 14. This means, their maximum level of achievement is pre-determined BEFORE they even begin learning the subject. NOW, on what planet is that deemed a good education; where no matter how hard you work in the two years, your grades are already set.

Our youth have been betrayed. While children in wealthy areas sat their exams, children from deprived, poorer areas were robbed of the opportunities, and steered away from subjects that employers value most.

The young unemployed are the victims of the UN-educational system. Will the LIB-CON coalition give our youth more chance to succeed? With the ever increasing cuts in vital services, and the lack of action in this direction by Dave and his cronies, then I would have to say NO!

Here at the NF, we want what’s best for our youth. We need to get back to basic values and give young people a chance in a very competitive world.