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Question of the week



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Published Date: 03 August 2008
WELCOME to Scotland on Sunday's online feature, Question of the Week.
Each week we ask the readers of scotlandonsunday.com for their views on a burning issue from the past seven days. The best responses may be reproduced on the Online Forum page in Sunday's print edition of the newspaper on August 10th.

If you wish to appear in Scotland on Sunday, then, along with your response, please leave a first name and surname, as well as your location - eg Tom Smith, Edinburgh. We welcome all comments.

The question this week is...

Do glowing exam results prove the Scottish education system is working?



The full article contains 107 words and appears in Scotland On Sunday newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 06 August 2008 3:32 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
 
1

Tomdonald,

08/08/2008 07:40:04
They prove nothing! 50 years ago the Scots were justly proud of their education system. Along with many older folk I think the UK attempts to "improve" education have had the opposite effect.
2

Johnny Gaynor,

08/08/2008 13:50:30
First of all, can anyone seriously compare standard grades with the old O Grades as like for like? I did both and felt the O Grades focused too much on examwork and not enough on overall knowledge. I would dearly like to think the improved results were down to better teaching and not easier exams, but i suspect both maybe a factor. I've just seen my friend's kid go through her exams and they sounded anything but easy, yet i fear in a few month's time we'll be reading more stories about university lecturers bemoaning falling literacy standards.
3

Benny100,

Glasgow 08/08/2008 18:31:33
The job of the Scottish education system is to develop the whole child and every child. This is the principle that bankrolls it. With the exception of the annual exam results, I recall no news that has suggested to me that today’s young people are culturally, intellectually and morally superior to the kids who qualified years ago. Is it not odd that despite increased spending and educational attainment there is no perception that our young people are becoming increasingly fitter for society?

If politicians and teachers are allowed to use exam results to justify their work, exams will never be fit for purpose and circumvention of the examination process, in one way or another, will always be looked for.

 

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