The Conservatives claim that teaching has now become so wrapped up inthe red tape of endless testing and form-filling that disillusioned teachers are leaving the profession in droves.
Paying teachers more upfront, for instance, rather than intheformof pensions and benefits, could draw a younger population of professionals into teaching.
In 1912, the government abolished theteachingofthe classics and began promoting a written formofthe vernacular, rather than classical written Chinese, which was decipherable only to scholars.