WORLD CLASS HYPOCRISY

Along with the notion that the NHS is “world-class“, the BBC likes to peddle the fantasy that our education system is also cutting edge. Anyone coming up against it will know just how dire it really is – riddled with third rate teachers who cannot be sacked. So when the government comes up with the idea that it might fast-track those being made redundant from the Finance sector into teaching roles, the BBC provides Christine Blower, acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, with the opportunity to come on and explain just how precious, how very sacred, the current route to teaching really is. She talked self-protectionist drivel and yet not once was her argument subjected to any real scrutiny. There is a cosy consensus between Government and the BBC and the Trade Unions (all the same really) that teaching excellence is a national treasure we must not challenge, nor must we disrupt the Union controlled route to the “profession.”