Further education

There has been intention of the Government to seemingly insist that every child should go to University, and in order to achieve this they have gone down the route of trying to make it intellectually easy for children to gain entry, regardless of their ability, or of their wish to attend for intellectual reasons. This is a totally misplaced line of thinking, as it should only be those who wish to attend such an institution who should be encouraged to make the effort to reach the standard required of the particular University chosen.

It should not be considered that every child has a right to attend further intellectual education regardless of whether they have the ability or the will or the motivation, just because of some misjudged principle that every child should be offered an open door. It should also not be mandatory that the entrance requirements for entry to a University should be reduced to make it easier for a child to gain acceptance. It is a different matter if this is done voluntarily, if the institution itself sees a motivation in the child that could be nurtured to enjoy and benefit from such an exposure. That is quite different.

Forcing every child to attend an institution of further academic education is counterproductive for the future of many of them, if only because those that are obviously not going to be able to cope intellectually will just be wasting their time when considering the more appropriate alternatives that should be available for which they could easily be more suitably equipped.

There are many children who would benefit more by attending what used to be called a Technical College, where manual tasks were learned, like bricklaying, plastering, and hedge laying, to quote but just a few. This would also be more beneficial for the Country to have such facilities, and would certainly be much more appreciated by the children who would have a preference for such a vocation.

Why is this not pursued, for the benefit of both the future adults and the Country as a whole?

There is no shame in attending a Technical College. It is not inferior when compared with a University. And similarly those attending a University are not superior to those attending the alternative. They both require different strengths, and this should acknowledged by both groups. They cannot, in real life, live without each other, and this should be accepted. Their combined existence is essential for survival of the human race!