DMcG Once upon a time education was perceived as a benefit, now it is a business, especially at degree level. To be a success a business must produce results. 50% failing does not make a successful business model. Need I say more. Selected on the basis of tested intelligence (the 11+)and producing a lower standard of success than those of average intelligence(or however you wish to describe the broader participation in both secondary and tertiary education) raises some major issues that goes way beyond the generation gap of the two sets of results. In a nutshell more people of lower intelligence are achieving higher grades. This does not compute unless you accept the bar is lower. I do not believe any other explanation is valid.
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