More government tinkering….

I had to laugh this morning when I saw a feature on the news carried a story about the government’s latest education plans.

Now I may be missing something fairly basic here but as I understand things, the situation is as follows…

Most employers now appear to believe that A-Levels and GCSE’s no longer adequately separate the more inteligent from the average. This is due to the perception (real or otherwise) that exams are getting easier and as a result no one fails GCSE’s and A-levels any more.

In addition to this, most employers now regard vocational qualifications as second rate.

And what are the government going to do about it??

The government’s master plan is to keep A-Levels and GCSE’s as is. They then propose allowing the less intellectual students study vocational qualifications in place of A-levels.

And my question…

How in hell will this change anything? A-levels will still be viewed as too easy and vocational qualifications will still be viewed as second rate. In fact, this change only serves to reinforce this perception, spoiling it for anyone who already has an NVQ!!!

And how have the government justified this non-change???

They say they are keeping GCSEs and A-levels because "you don't transform education by scrapping what's currently good". Surely that’s the point, GCSE’s and A-Levels are NO LONGER viewed as being any good!!!

More political theatre!!!!