UK Education Secretary on education

Michael Gove, the new Education Secretary said nothing was more important to the fairness of society and the country's future prosperity than getting education right.

The department has been renamed as the "Department for Education". Previously, it was called the "Department for Children, Schools and Families".

"Too many children still leave primary school every year without meeting basic standards in English or maths and too few 16-year-olds get five decent GCSEs.

"So improving literacy, raising pupil attainment, extending parental choice, freeing teachers from bureaucracy, improving discipline and closing the widening gap between the richest and the poorest should be our shared goal."

Other key priorities confirmed by Mr Gove were to:

* give schools greater freedom over the curriculum
* radically reform exam system
* support teachers to ensure higher standards of discipline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/10113940.stm Thursday, 13 May 2010 12:51 UK

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