There's more to life than A-levels
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Subject choice for UK pupils who wish to undertake higher education has expanded. Wider qualification choice has led to an increase in the number of 16-year-olds studying. Sixty per cent of 16-year-olds remained at schools in 1990-91 compared to 45% in the mid-80s. Schools and technical colleges offer vocational courses as well as A-levels. The Certificate in Pre-Vocational Education teaches pupils basic skills and introduces various vocational areas, such as business and technology. It does not require an examination.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Hallowe'en: innocent fun or evil in disguise?
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Carr Infants School, York, England does not celebrate Hallowe'en because of publicity about child sexual abuse involving Satanic rituals. Haxby Road Primary School in York uses Hallowe'en in class work because discussing safe fun helps the children not to be frightened by others. The Association of Christian Teachers has published a leaflet about it. The Pagan Federation is also circulating a leaflet to schools, stating that Hallowe'en is a folk tradition. Its roots are in Samhain, the Celtic festival of the dead.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Who's to say what's right and wrong?
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Education minister John Patten and his advisors wish schools to teach children social behaviour and give them a moral framework. He said that some parents neglected their moral responsibility to their children and schools should act in loco parentis. National Curriculum Council chairman David Pascall has spoken about the difficulties schools face in providing moral training but said that these responsibilities must be held. Children need to understand the reasons behind socially accepted customs and laws.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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