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Gordon Brown has called for an education system which values the individual talents of all - with the promise of more personalised learning.Gordon Brown has called for an education system which values the individual talents of all - with the promise of more personalised learning.
Addressing Labour's annual conference, the prime minister promised a personal tutor for every secondary school pupil.Addressing Labour's annual conference, the prime minister promised a personal tutor for every secondary school pupil.
He said youngsters from low-income families would be funded from the age of 16 through to leaving university.He said youngsters from low-income families would be funded from the age of 16 through to leaving university.
Mr Brown said there should be "no longer any ceiling on where your talents and hard work can take you".Mr Brown said there should be "no longer any ceiling on where your talents and hard work can take you".
The conference speech in Bournemouth emphasised Mr Brown's personal commitment to equal access to public services - and his belief that children's talents should not be wasted.The conference speech in Bournemouth emphasised Mr Brown's personal commitment to equal access to public services - and his belief that children's talents should not be wasted.
'Accessible to all''Accessible to all'
Public services should be "accessible to all, personal to all", he told the conference. "We need to unlock all the talent we have... In the last century, the question was: 'Can we afford to do this?' In this century, in the face of economic challenge, we cannot afford not to," said Mr Brown.
Public services must be "accessible to all, personal to all", he told the conference.
He reiterated his support for more "personalised" learning, in which pupils in England have a greater range of one-to-one lessons, customised teaching and individual care.He reiterated his support for more "personalised" learning, in which pupils in England have a greater range of one-to-one lessons, customised teaching and individual care.
For primary pupils, he repeated the commitment to more individual catch-up lessons in literacy and numeracy for 300,000 pupils, aimed at those who had slipped behind.For primary pupils, he repeated the commitment to more individual catch-up lessons in literacy and numeracy for 300,000 pupils, aimed at those who had slipped behind.
And for secondary pupils, he said that each pupil would have the support of a personal tutor - and there would be small-group learning for 600,000 pupils. "For every secondary pupil in future - a personal tutor throughout the school years. And starting with 600,000 pupils, small-group tuition too," said Mr Brown.
It was not immediately clear what he meant by a personal tutor. "Learning personal to each pupil - educational available to all, not one-size fits all, but responding to individual needs."
A personal tutor - of the kind already in some schools - would provide a continuous, individual point-of-contact throughout a pupil's years in secondary school.
Mr Brown also warned of the economic necessity to have a well-educated workforce - and to remove barriers to more people entering higher education.Mr Brown also warned of the economic necessity to have a well-educated workforce - and to remove barriers to more people entering higher education.
At present, he said that only 10% of youngsters from low-income families went to university.
"It's wrong that anybody should be put off going to college or university by the fear it will cost too much," he told the conference."It's wrong that anybody should be put off going to college or university by the fear it will cost too much," he told the conference.
Mr Brown promised a five-year deal that would fund young people from low-income families from the age of 16 to the end of university.Mr Brown promised a five-year deal that would fund young people from low-income families from the age of 16 to the end of university.