Factors Relating to Why Children Are Failing in Education

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Factors Relating to British Children Failing in Education As a child I was not inspired with education due to family circumstances. In society today many people are unaware what problems children face in their day to day family life and problems that arise within the school. I have decided to do my essay of about children and the failure of education and highlight some of the key factors that disadvantage children face. I will look at what the government have highlight are main reasons children are failing in education and how teachers are effected and what measures they will take to reduce failure. In the past ten years it has been reported through the media, there are vast concerns of children failing in exams. British education has always been in the front position of reorganisation. Our economy is the fifth largest country for development in the world and spent sixty one billion pounds on education (centre for social justice online 2006). In this essay I will discuss what factors contribute to our children failing and how things have changed. A child spends eleven years in education and in that time they are to achieve levels of A* to C grade, then go onto University. What we neglect to remember is twenty six thousand students per year will leave school with no qualification and one in six, seventy five thousand fifteen year olds will have insignificant literacy skills (Education failure 2006). Many will seek employment and find jobs, but will not be able to attain the job because they lack the essential skills they need. They will feel the education system has failed them leaving them defeated and disappointed. These children come from all different background, low income families, single parent families, some ethnic groups, live in disadvantage areas, children who have special educational needs and children who are in care. Polling research shows that

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