Cameron cites India to raise UK education standards

Updated on: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Keen to raise education standards in Britain, particularly in Science and Mathematics, UK Premier David Cameron cited the example of India to caution schools not to be complacent and strive for excellence.

In a speech at a school in Norwich, Cameron outlined his agenda for raising standards in schools at a time when industry leaders lament that many students in Britain leave school without basic skills in Maths, Science and English.

Cameron said: "When China is going through an educational renaissance, when India is churning out science graduates, any complacency now would be fatal for our prosperity. And we've got to be ambitious, too, if we want to mend our broken society".

He said his government had a three-point plan to drive education standards: one, ramping up standards, bringing back the values of a good education; two, changing the structure of education, allowing new providers in to start schools providing more choice, more competition, and giving schools greater independence; and three, confronting 'educational failure' head-on.

Cameron cites India to raise UK education standards

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