Morning Star.png Unions Confront Pearson The Morning Star, London, 29 April 2016 Private education giant Pearson will be confronted by teaching unions at its annual general meeting today over claims that it capitalises on children’s education. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and unions from Europe, Africa and the US will attend the meeting to support a resolution on behalf of more than 100 Pearson shareholders. They are calling for the firm to review its “damaging” business model after it was accused of promoting high-stakes testing, an “exam factory culture” in schools and the spread of profit-making schools in developing countries. NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: “The education market is worth £3.4 trillion. “Not surprisingly there has been an expansion in the number of businesses seeking to make a profit from this. “Pearson Plc is one such leading ‘edu-business’ with operations in over 80 countries. “Their promotion of high-stakes tests is undermining the ability of schools to provide a well-balanced and broad curriculum, while its involvement with low cost private schools in the Global South is jeopardising access to education for many children. “Education is a human and civil right and a public good, for the good of learners and society not private profit.” From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-43c4-Unions-and-NGOs-mark-down-schools -firm-Pearson#.VyMDnvl9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-43c4-Unions-and-NGOs-mark-down-schools- firm-Pearson#.VyMDnvl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
