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steeljack · 27-08-2010, 04:50

British educational college standards have been lowered so much that an "Advanced City and Guilds FTC/ONC/HNC" awarded in the late 60s/early 70s are now awarded more points on immigration scales to the US/Australia/New Zealand than a "degree" from one of the new British uni's which formerly taught cake decoration and tire changing .
Be interesting to see how all these kids who got multiple A+s on their GCSE's would do if they had to take the late 50s 11 plus exam at age 16 or 17, just as a social experiment to see how/if things had changed .

27-08-2010, 04:50	#23
steeljack God Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SF/ Bay Area California Posts: 4,002 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 1336	Re: 99% Pass rate?-Are we being fair to our teenagers? British educational college standards have been lowered so much that an "Advanced City and Guilds FTC/ONC/HNC" awarded in the late 60s/early 70s are now awarded more points on immigration scales to the US/Australia/New Zealand than a "degree" from one of the new British uni's which formerly taught cake decoration and tire changing . Be interesting to see how all these kids who got multiple A+s on their GCSE's would do if they had to take the late 50s 11 plus exam at age 16 or 17, just as a social experiment to see how/if things had changed .