London, September 11: British Premier, David Cameron, has been accused of excessively complicating the state school system after promising to open new free schools over the next few years.
Senior academicians condemned Cameron as they referred to the maze-like array of diversified kinds of schools he plans to create as a “liquorice allsorts” system. A senior advisor to the Commons Education Select Committee, Professor Alan Smithers, has called for a systematic improvement in the standards in all public schools across Britain.
“Surely the Government’s duty is to try to provide a decent standard of education for every child in the country. This is a ‘liquorice allsorts’ kind of system whereas all children should have an equal chance of a decent education. I would like more effort put into improving the education of those children whose parents aren’t experts on choice,” said Smithers.
As Cameron blamed the unprecedented unrest that afflicted Britain last month on the British society’s sense of irresponsibility and moral decline, he announced plans to bring “rigour” order and respect back to British schools.
In a speech made at the opening of a public school, Cameron maintained that it should be focused on standards, discipline and restructuring of the school system.
Nevertheless, British teachers and educational experts have criticised Cameron, asserting that he seeks to “dismantle” the current education system.
General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leader, Brian Lightman, made it clear that excellent education is of highest priority to British parents as he stated that the “relentless changes to our school system” would do nothing but “to astonish observers abroad.”
Moreover, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, criticised the “fragmentation” of Britain’s education system, which she believed would “certainly ensure more losers than winners.”
——Agencies