Universities receive the bulk of their public money in the formof a block grant, to be divided between teaching and research as the university sees fit.
In 1912, the government abolished the teachingof the classics and began promoting a written formof the vernacular, rather than classical written Chinese, which was decipherable only to scholars.
Paying teachers more upfront, for instance, rather than in the formof pensions and benefits, could draw a younger population of professionals into teaching.
The Conservatives claim that teaching has now become so wrapped up in the red tape of endless testing and form-filling that disillusioned teachers are leaving the profession in droves.