Education
should be the pinnacle of our society, schools should look like palaces, they
should employ the best teachers from across the world, they should support the
best teachers from within the UK, they should house the resources required to
teach a pupil but also to let the pupil teach themselves until their heart is
content, they should contain up to date technology to make learning easier and
more fun, they should stock every pieces of sports equipment imaginable and
they should also have every musical instrument known to man. In other words no
expense should be spared on education because primary and secondary education are
the highest levels of education that many young people will attain and their
chances of an excellent education shouldn’t be hindered by a lack of anything.
Every
government past and present will tell you that education is the bedrock of our
society and many of the cures to the worst diseases the world has ever seen will
come from those within our educational establishments.
I
wholeheartedly agree with this statement, but in doing so I do not want to
marginalise the many thousands of young people who will not get places in the country’s
top universities.
Having done
a cursory search of jobs, the vast majority of well-paid jobs require the candidate
to have a degree in some form. Whilst some of these jobs have a specific use
for the candidate’s degree, many have none and simply require the degree as a
sign of intellectual ability.
I have no
problems with children growing up wanting to be doctors, lawyers, scientists or
fulfilling any other dream requiring a degree; I do however have a problem with
people discouraging people from careers that do not require degrees simply
because those positions are seen as unimportant.
HGV drivers
are the back bone of the nation ferrying goods from distribution centres to our
shelves, they don’t need a degree, mechanics keep the HGV’s on the road, they
don’t need a degree, and the store assistant stacks the shelves making sure
that the desired goods are on the shelves, they don’t need a degree.
We need to
accept that not everyone wants a degree, or wants a job that requires a degree
and that it’s ok for our children to take jobs they have a natural interest in
rather even if they do not need a degree to do the job. Whilst we all want the
best for our children, we must help and guide them in their education and
career choices rather than forcing our own ambitions on them. I want every
person to achieve what they want to achieve, no more and no less.
Education
shouldn’t stop after we leave full time education; education should be
something that we can return to at any time whether we are twenty seven or
seventy. Many people discover throughout their career that they would rather be
doing something else, but do not have the means to take the life changing step
and switch careers, sometimes through lack of education or qualifications.
This results in a demotivated employee who only works at forty or fifty per cent capacity and results in an ineffective work force. If someone wants to change their career in to something they are naturally interested in then we should take every step to help them.
This results in a demotivated employee who only works at forty or fifty per cent capacity and results in an ineffective work force. If someone wants to change their career in to something they are naturally interested in then we should take every step to help them.
I will look
at ways of making higher education available for those who have left full time
education and have taken up full time employment. I do not believe such
education should be free, but I believe that it should be affordable and should
make use of technological developments to drive down costs whilst maintaining
the quality and standard of the education offered.
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The
Candidate
