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Letter : A-level triumphs no surprise
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The Independent - London
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August 19, 1996
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Sir, When I went to school in the Sixties the majority of
parents had themselves never attended even a secondary school. But
we are now well into the second, even the third generation
following the 1944 Butler Act.
Why then should we be surprised that our children are doing so
well ("A- level pass rate up by 2 per cent", 14 August)? It has
long been ...
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