THE CHALLENGE OF HALF OUR FUTURE

‘An education which is practical, realistic and vocational must send boys and girls out into the world literate and able to perform simple calculations with confidence and accuracy.’ So says Half Our Future, the Report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) which was asked by the Minister to advise him on the education of pupils aged 13 to 16 of average and less than average ability. The pupils who were the subject of this Report constitute approximately half those in secondary schools; those who will become eventually half the citizens of this country, half the workers, half the fathers and mothers.