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Pak students blamed for poor results in Britain

Pak students blamed for poor results in Britain

Author: Our London Correspondent
Publication: The Asian Age
Date: October 3, 2003

Pakistani pupils have been blamed for poor results in national tests in Britain.

A report on this summers exam performance says Pakistani youngsters are to blame, together with poor people and failing schools for disappointing results. A detailed analysis of the results has been prepared by Education Bradford, which has the job of driving up standards for all age groups.

A report on Thursday's meeting of the education policy partnership board says, "Detailed analysis suggests the poor rates of pupil progress are especially associated with pupils from Pakistani backgrounds, pupils from socio-economically deprived white UK backgrounds, especially boys, and schools with systemic issues identified by Ofsted." Around 10 per cent of schools in Bradford are currently labelled by education watchdog Ofsted as failing or with serious weaknesses, five times the national rate.

Mr Alan Davy, of the Bradford branch of the National Association of Head Teachers, said he was not surprised that Bradfords Key Stage 2 results had stood still, as nationally results had also hit a plateau.

Of the Education Bradford explanation, he said, "I don't think we should be getting into blame culture. As schools, we don't blame, we aim to promote achievement for all our pupils. We would not want to get into a blame scenario, pointing figures at groups of people."

After a severe drubbing at the hands of Ofsted in 2000, the city's education chiefs took the radical step of bringing in a private company, Education Bradford, to run services, and vowed there would be no more excuses.

Teachers groups who protested that poverty and second-language learners held back results were criticised for their low expectations. This year, 14-year-old's did much better in national tests, improving the standing of Bradford, but the tests done by 11-year-old's showed no improvement from last year. At GCSE, Bradford results are believed to have edged up another two per cent while nationally, the improvement has been estimated at 2.5 per cent.
 


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