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Strange insecurity of the Island’s teachers
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From John Dix.
WHY are our teachers so insecure? Anybody who dares to question the quality of their output, that is, the abilities of their students, is instantly labelled as being ignorant or ill informed.
The whole debate about educational standards is being driven by comparison to the standards in the UK. This is not good enough for our young people, as, after 40 years of the drive for comprehensive education and the resultant levelling down of standards, the UK standards are a poor benchmark to follow.
Before leaving primary school, all children, no matter what their background and home circumstances, should be able to read and write and express themselves in the local language, which is English. For the education establishment to accept anything else is frankly not good enough.
In Jersey we have poured money into education, but without achieving the results we have been led to expect. Our States schools are well resourced, but they have consistently failed to produce well educated young people equipped to join the workforce which drives our local economy.
I don’t want to hear any more excuses based on value added scores, the danger of upsetting students by suggesting that their results are not very good, or that teachers cannot cope with doing the work for which they are handsomely rewarded. Why do caring parents choose to pay extra to have their children educated in the colleges, thus subsidising the taxpayers who should be providing good quality education for all? Is it because they do not believe that the States schools will not educate their offspring to a good standard?
We need an open debate, based upon an honest assessment of what parents expect for their children’s education and what Jersey needs for its young people to be able to become useful employees for local industries, including agriculture, tourism, finance and the States.
We can no longer afford to pretend that all is well and that the local Education experts cannot be criticised or questioned about their abilities and direction.
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