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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/educational-failings-scandalous.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Under the current system, vocational qualifications are given points that make the 'equivalent' to GCSE grades" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-educational-failings-scandalous.jpg" alt="Under the current system, vocational qualifications are given points that make the 'equivalent' to GCSE grades"/></a></p>
<p>A key Government adviser has said it is &#8220;scandalous&#8221; that half of 16-year-olds are leaving school without good GCSEs in English and maths.</p>
<p>Alison Wolf also attacked as &#8220;immoral&#8221; the pressures of school league tables, which have caused a move away from a core curriculum.</p>
<p>The comments came as Professor Wolf published her independent review into vocational education, which warned that hundreds of thousands of young people are being failed by a system that leaves many undertaking courses that &#8220;do not lead anywhere&#8221;.</p>
<p>It calls for any teenager who fails to score at least a C in GCSE maths and English to continue these subjects post-16.</p>
<p>Launching the review at Westminster Kingsway College in central London, Prof Wolf, a professor of public sector management at King&#8217;s College London, said: &#8220;It is absolutely scandalous that less than half of the cohort have these qualifications at 16.&#8221;</p>
<p>Many will still not have them at the age of 18, she said, adding: &#8220;It&#8217;s a real failure of our education system.&#8221;</p>
<p>Prof Wolf said the two subjects are the &#8220;most important in the world&#8221;, adding that England should be following other nations in not closing off pathways to youngsters by providing a core general education up to the age of 16.</p>
<p>But she said: &#8220;In the last few years because of the pressure of league tables we have moved away from that. This is a very bad thing for young people and it is immoral.&#8221;</p>
<p>Under the current system, vocational qualifications are given points that make the &#8220;equivalent&#8221; to GCSE grades &#8211; for example one vocational qualification could be worth four GCSEs. This has led to schools and colleges entering pupils for qualifications they know youngsters will pass, in a bid to boost their league table standing.</p>
<p>In his foreword to the review, Education Secretary Michael Gove wrote: &#8220;She is correct to say these young people are being deceived and that this is not just unacceptable, but morally wrong.&#8221;</p>
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