Marketisation

• Market VS The State

  • Effects of state control: too much state control of education > lack of personal and business initiative > culture of dependency developed > reduced investment in industry
  • "One size fits all": state can't meet people's needs > doesn't meet requires for employers for skilled and motivated employees
  • Lower standards: schools that get poor results don't change because they're not answerable to consumers > lower standards = less qualified workforce
• Marketisation

  • Promoting more choice in type of education students receive
  • Promoting competition between institutions for students to raise standards
• Impacts of marketisation

  • Increased choice of schools
  • More private investment in education
  • Increased university attendance
  • Improvements in GCSE and A-Level pass rates