What is education for?
Reading the papers in late August, you would be forgiven for thinking the whole purpose of education is to pass exams – more specifically, GCSEs and A levels.
Those who pass go to university. Those who fail are conveniently forgotten.
Teachers know that education is about more than just exams. It is about helping young people ask the right questions, find information for themselves, use their knowledge and experience to solve problems, take sound decisions, and work with others.
Education should also help young people find out what they are good at and what they enjoy doing. But this isn’t easy when exams become the be-all and end-all.
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