Industry comes to school | IMGpapers 1976

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announced by the needs of industry.

It is introduce Coventry chosen called Worthy fund. PLANS to hold city-wide exams for all secondary school students in the first and third year have been This announcement, the first by a major LEA, comes in the wake of discussions started by oral inausires the setting up of the Assessment Performance Unit (APÚ).

The idea is to put pressure on or progressive teaching activities, about attitude to promote streaming, and to gear education more closely to ironic that Coventry snould be me mIst LEA lO 'blanket' testing Was dISG previously for sluuy oy somcone into *the third form level. educational needs of industry This veered between unbelievably detailed lists of every item that could possibly be required by any branch of industry and a totally banal attempt to distil out the collective requirements So the problem for industry is not really one of "standards curricular content it is The scheme involves rounds of exams, of which the second will actually be set by a board including local industrialists. It's supposed to be some sort of proficiency test.

In olner woras, the rat race between kids to avoid the dole queue is now brought down to The introduction of this scheme must be vigorously opposed. he executive meeting of the National Union of Teachers on 23/24 September declared its determination to TeSTSE CIC WOOS LOOd externally determined curriculum in schools and deplored the lack of proper consultation by the authority with the Coventry Teachers Association'.

The only way this can mean anything is if a policy of strict non-cooperation is adopted But the fight against the scheme development of alternative educational oblectives WHICH express the interests of the working class.

The Socialist Teachers Alliance AGM this weekend Will ne an opportunity discuss some of the problems involved.

STA conference: 14/15 October al Starcross School Risinghill St., London NI. Non-members welcome.

Socialist Challenge 12 October 1978 Page

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IT WAS IN February

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Coventry local education authority. WILLIAM THOMPSON reports.