Perhaps it is time for Glasgow to become a Charter City:
More than a third of people in Glasgow North East have no school qualifications.
A table published by the University and College Union (UCU) showed 35.3% of those of working age left school without passing a single examination.
The result gives the area the lowest rating in the UK.
No matter how many allowances you make for Glasgow’s peculiar circumstances – post-industrialisation, redrawn city boundaries that exclude middle-class suburbs and so on – this is depressing stuff. If nothing else, however, it should fire another shot into the rotting-yet-undead flesh that is monopolistic, state-sponsored provision.Every Edinburgh constituency was placed in the top third for educational achievement. Every constituency in Glasgow was below the British average.
UPDATE: Just seen that Brother Blackburn has a post drawing on the same report and making some related points.
[Thanks to JPM for the tip.]
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