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Brown backs 'personal' learning | Brown backs 'personal' learning |
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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. |
Although he did not say it, his commitments on education would apply only to England, given the devolved systems elsewhere in the UK. | |
'Accessible to all' | 'Accessible to all' |
"As a teenager I saw close friends of mine who might have gone to college or an apprenticeship or to university who never did. I know some could not to afford to stay on at school," Mr Brown told his party. | "As a teenager I saw close friends of mine who might have gone to college or an apprenticeship or to university who never did. I know some could not to afford to stay on at school," Mr Brown told his party. |
"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. | "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. | 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. |
"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. | "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. |
"Learning personal to each pupil - educational available to all, not one-size fits all, but responding to individual needs." | "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. | 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. | 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. |
"And so for 16 year olds from low-income families, who are staying on at school, we'll make a new five year offer. We will finance you through college or university right through to the age of 21." | "And so for 16 year olds from low-income families, who are staying on at school, we'll make a new five year offer. We will finance you through college or university right through to the age of 21." |