Change is Our Ally Available to Purchase

Change is just as necessary in education as in other fields. As always, its implementation is likely to be resisted by those who feel threatened. Yet decentralisation, devolution, the national curriculum,the GCSE, are all recent aspects of welcome change in education. Changes in teacher training and pay structures involving greater flexibility are envisaged and the place of science and technology is at last becoming rightfully acknowledged at the head of the educational table, together with the vital link between education and business. Poised at the threshold of the 21st century, it is increasingly important that we respond quickly to the demands for change, rejecting any“Luddite” heel dragging – the longer the delay in the introduction of a new technique, the greater is likely to be the social consequences when it is finally introduced.