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Common sense in education
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Islanders who, in the absence of these institutions, might find it difficult to achieve their full potential.
Hautlieu and Highlands have long complemented each other, but changes now in the pipeline should usher in an era of even closer and more effective co-operation.
These changes, however, involve more than enhanced links between the school and the college. They also signal a new set of attitudes towards the sort of educational arrangements which are appropriate for the second decade of the 21st century and, indeed, beyond.
As matters stand, at the relatively early age of 16 students must decide whether they choose an academic path or vocational studies. In future, the boundary between the academic and the vocational will be abolished in that students will be able to mix and match, combining the study of
A-level subjects with training through practical trade-based courses.
There is sound common sense in this approach. The idea that there is some sharply defined barrier separating the wholly academically inclined from those who are suited to vocational studies is clearly outmoded.
There is, of course, a danger that mixing and matching will dilute the qualifications that students acquire to the extent that they are ill-equipped for the working world, but it is up to teachers and lecturers to provide guidance leading in the direction of multiple skills rather than a smattering of random knowledge.
Meanwhile, if the vision of broad education is to produce useful results, the strengthened liaison between Highlands and Hautlieu is a must. Without it there would be inadequate resources and too many limitations among staff and courses to allow the system to work.
It is also well worth noting that the structure now on the table promises a fully acceptable way forward for Hautlieu. What is proposed should see an end to the idea that the school should lose its very special and highly successful slot in Island education through the introduction of a sixth-form college fed by what would amount to UK-style comprehensive schools.
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