Originally aired on Saturday November 6th, 2021.
The official blog of The Social Democratic Party.
David Goodhart at SDP Conference 2021
David speaks of the state of Britain's education and training system and calls for a radical overhaul of how the UK approaches upskilling the next generation.
Both parties have ruined the UK education system none more so than the Labour party their brainwashing of Young people into believing the bs spewed by Jeremy magic grandpa Corbyn We need to get the communist unions out of education create technical schools like Germany have and encourage the youth of Britain to take an apprenticeship not Social studies, the Conservatives have done nothing either since Thatcher or since they have been in office from 2010
The UK should consider an approach to the education system which puts power in the hands of students and families. Give each student an education credit funded by the government. And allow the to use that credit to choose the school that suits them best from a competitive ecosystem of public, private and third sector. Encourage niching and innovation and give children students who need help more credits to solve their difficulties such as literacy or behaviour. Allow for profit providers. For tertiary studies give everyone a chance to go to university and support them with free tuition through a scholarship and a living grant in their first year. However, continuation of the scholarship would require satisfactory results. Wipe out all student debt. Education is a social good and the best investment a society can make. It is madness to burden young people with debt at the beginning of their lives when they have low economic utility and should be forming families and buying homes. Tax them in middle age when they are creating economic value.