Tutors International today published an article declaiming the inability of the majority of graduates to spell correctly, use grammar appropriately, and construct a compelling CV. Founder, Adam Caller, supposes that this makes it hard to believe that exams are getting harder.
In an article published on adamcaller.com, the founder of Tutors International, Adam Caller, independent educational consultant and former teacher, declared that most of the graduates he receives job applications from are “illiterate”.
Mr Caller’s article comes at a time when the current mood of the UK suggests exams are getting harder, and the Conservative Government is promoting policies to increase the academic rigour of exams, especially those in core subjects like English and Maths.
The Labour party and Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt, are attempting to curry favour with parents by declaring that they will halt the advance of the current government’s education policy, which includes making exams more difficult. Mr Caller commented, “This would be a very bad move. Exams need to get tougher, not easier. We’re already seeing a very real and very sharp decline in the academic ability of our nation’s school children, and our graduates becoming less able to compete in the international job market.”
Tutors International places high calibre private tutors with influential families around the world. The candidates’ academic qualifications and school background are required to be of the highest level, and most of the company’s tutors are privately educated, then go on to achieve first class degrees from Oxford, Cambridge or the country’s other top universities.
“I’ve even had English language graduates apply for a job with us who have been unable to determine the difference between ‘to and ‘too’ and ‘your’ and ‘you’re’. How can you even pass an English language exam if you’re unable to spell, use grammar correctly, or construct an argument?”
“Over the years I’ve become increasingly dismayed at the level of graduate our universities turn out,” he continued. “I think schools fail to teach pupils the essentials – correct grammar, spelling, arithmetic, and other building blocks for life-long learning and application. Exams shouldn’t allow children to dodge these – they should be enforcing them from an early age, so that by the time our pupils arrive at university, being able to use an apostrophe correctly is second nature.”
