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Old 19-05-2007, 13:04   #59
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Bye-bye Mr Blair

Well, Garinda.....you can prove anything with statistics, and this government has been very fond of using statistics and targets.......and I don't believe educational standards have risen very much. Universities are being asked to lower their standards in order to let more people in who would never get there. I can't believe this is good for the Universities or for the country as a whole...and i think it casts doubt on the integrity of degrees in general.
Certainly. during my work I interviewed a large number of young people....and found their educational standards left a lot to be desired...and their handwriting and spelling was abysmal.
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