UK children ‘to sit basic skills test from age 12′

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The Independent reports that the government is proposing introducing basic skills tests from age 12 for all children. This is to prove to employers that they have the ‘functional skills’ necessary for the workplace. More tests. Yes, that’s what they need. And school’s all about employment, isn’t it? Oh, it makes me mad…

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