2. Policies relating to gender and
ethnicity
Gender is;
1. The Tripartite system has led girls to be
included in higher education.
2. Policies like GIST have reduced gender
differences in subject choice.
3. Assimilation
Policies aimed at improving achievement
off children from minority ethnic
backgrounds have gone through several
phases.
Assimilation is;
1. policies focused on the need for pupils
to assimilate into mainstream British
culture as a way of raising their
achievement.
4. Multicultural education (MCE)
Policies aimed to promote achievements
from minority ethnic groups by valuing all
cultures in the school curriculum, therefore
raising minority achievements.
The MCE has been criticised in several ways ;
1. Maureen Stone argues that black pupils do
not fail for lack of self esteem, so MCE is
misguided.
2. The New Right criticise MCE for perpetuating
cultural divisions.
5. Social Inclusion
Social inclusion of pupils and policies to
raise achievement of minority ethnic
groups. Policies include:
1. The detailed monitoring of exam results
by ethnicity and help for voluntary
'Saturday schools' in the black
community.
