Tesco say that British students are being failed
October 14, 2009
Tesco’s chief executive has spoken out about the dismal level of education that Britain’s children are receiving. Speaking in front of an audience of manufacturers and retailers, Sir Terry Leahy said that all too often it was now up to companies to invest in bringing employees up to scratch on their basic arithmetic, writing and general communication skills. Sir Terry went on to say that today’s students are the ones who will be running companies like Tesco in the future but at the moment those students are being woefully short changed by the U.K.’s education system.
Sir Terry blamed too much bureaucracy in the class for disabling teachers from concentrating on the job of teaching. The Confederation of British Industry supported the comments and CEO of Asda, Andy Clarke went on to say that Britain had undeniably produced a generation who had difficulty reading, writing and coping with basic math. He went on to say that the country has found itself pushing people into a vicious circle of unemployment and low educational standards.
GlaxoSmithKline’s chairman, Sir Christopher Gent echoed the views by saying that the British levels of education were rapidly falling behind the standards of the rest of the world. He said that the A level used to be a symbol of exceptional education, however now it just proves that students have received an average one.
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