Pupils being failed by system ‘on verge of crisis’
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being failed by a system “on the verge of crisis” as demand for specialist support soars and threatens to bankrupt local authorities, a Guardian investigation has revealed.
Parents of children with SEND are increasingly locked in prolonged and costly disputes with councils across England who are too often failing to deliver on their legal obligations.
As a result, many of the most vulnerable children in society end up without the support to which they are entitled, and are out of school for months – even years – as parents battle to secure the right provision to meet their child’s needs.
University league tables 2019
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 100 | 89 | 91 | 70 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 225 | 5.8 | 88 | 99 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 97.4 | 90 | 92 | 68 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 217 | 6.6 | 85 | 99 |
| 3 | 3 | St Andrews | 97.2 | 93 | 94 | 82 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 206 | 7.1 | 82 | 97 |
| 4 | 6 | Loughborough | 87.9 | 90 | 89 | 75 | 13.8 | 6.3 | 162 | 6.1 | 82 | 96 |
| 5 | 4 | Durham | 87.6 | 89 | 89 | 76 | 14.9 | 5.1 | 198 | 6.7 | 84 | 97 |
| 6 | 5 | Bath | 84.1 | 88 | 88 | 72 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 186 | 6.6 | 85 | 97 |
| 7 | 6 | Imperial College | 83.3 | 83 | 85 | 65 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 219 | 5.7 | 90 | 96 |
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019
NANS tells Ibadan Poly to withdraw N32,000 acceptance charge
NANS Spokesman, Adeyemi Azeez Amoo, in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday described the charge as “fraudulent extortion”.
He pointed out that the leadership of the students body had met with Minister of Education in its bid to ensure a better and affordable educational status for students. According to him, one of the issues discussed at the meeting was “the regular abstract charges of acceptance fee by schools.”
The statement read, “The President of NANS, Comrade Danielson Bamidele Akpan, has directed that the management of the Polytechnic of Ibadan, should as a matter of urgency withdraw totally the acceptance charges of N32,000.”