Dumb down exams give “equality”

21st May 2010

The Ministry of Education (MEN) is looking at ways to ease the pressures of Polish high school students by making it simpler for children to gain promotion to the next grade.

The proposals have been met with fierce criticism from teachers across the country, many of whom feel that the level of marks needed to pass is already too low as it is.

MEN has backed up its plans by stating that moving up to the next year regardless of exam results already exists in primary schools, and it merely wishes to extend this idea to higher education.

“This change will allow for the equal treatment of students in this field for each type of school,” it said in an official statement.

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