Many students dislike exams and children of all ages seem to have a diet of more and more exams that they have to take. Coursework is being discredited as a way of demonstrating knowledge as it is becoming easier to plagiarise or even buy coursework over the internet. This leaves exams as the only obvious … Read more
Should parents be required to attend parenting classes before being permitted to raise children? All the Yes points: States have a strong moral, practical and financial interest in the raising of their future citizens… The reciprocal ‘right’ to support with the raising of children is different to that of healthcare. … If having childcare supported … Read more
Should schoolchildren be allowed to choose whether to attend school or not? All the Yes points: Many students enjoy and benefit from school, and it is important that schools exist. But for some s… Children know their own feelings best. Parents and teachers can never fully understand how young pe… Schools teach everyone the same … Read more
Should universities use positive discrimination to increase diversity? All the Yes points: Affirmative action is required for equality of opportunity. Under the status quo, it is easier for … Affirmative action is required to overcome existing prejudice in universities’ admissions procedures… Affirmative action is required to change negative perceptions of university life. In the status … Read more
No introduction at present. Why not write one? All the Yes points: Employers do not look for standardized test results Too much focus on test prepation to the detriment of other skills Re-entrenches disadvantage Costs All the No points: Sets a critical level of knowledge of what a student should know Holds schools accountable to … Read more
Should ‘safe sex’ be promoted in schools through sexual education classes? Or are lessons that stick strictly to human biology or use abstinence-based programmes to be preferred? All the Yes points: Parents don’t have absolute rights over their children, society has an important stake in their upbr… Safe sex should be promoted in all schools; … Read more
