Lagan college the shocking truth

Saturday June 07, 2003 23:52

by see ya in court

Looking at the Northern ireland school's league tables, surprise, surprise we find that Lagan college is at the bottom of the schools league for GCSE results in the whole of the belfast area, out of all the schools in belfast. Lagan is fifth from the bottom of the league table for all schools in northern ireland. What does this tell us about senior management at lagan college. It indicates clearly that the senior management at Lagan, who all drive plush expensive limosines, don't give a fuck about providing children who choose integration a proper education. They are clearly sending out the message that the majority of integrated children don't deserve an education.

Only 44% of Lagans grammar stream get a GCSE grade above C. Lagan college is not only failing the poor and children of the working class who choose integrated education, but it is also failing the rich who choose integrated education. This may suit the rich fine, as they can all go into daddies buisness, or join daddies company so the lack of provision of education doesn't effect them as much. But the dire lack of an adequate standard of education will affect working class children more, because they will be leaving school with no qualifications, and no cushy job courtesy of a rich relative.

In addition to operating an exclusive grammar school for the rich. Lagan discriminates against the non grammar stream less well off children, at GCSE level, by putting these children into the bottom streams for GCSE results. In the 2 bottom streams teaching is geared towards achieving a C grade or below. Grammar school children are pushed into the top GCSE stream whereby the teaching is geared towards achieving Grades above C.

Studying the league table children attending St Gabriels on the Ardoyne Rd, one of the most deprived areas of belfast, leave St Gabriels with more qualifications than a Lagan college school pupil. Similarly a child attending Boys Model in north belfast will leave that school with more qualifications than a Lagan college pupil.

The question must be asked, why is Lagan the worst school in belfast academically?, it can't be because of teething problems, Lagan was established over 20 years ago.

Leaving aside the superficial glossy integrated flagship awards, what has Lagan done for its working class pupils. At the best it has neglected to provide working class children with an education of substance, and at its worst it clearly doesn't give a fuck about the well being, welfare and educational ambitions of its working class pupils. Lagan believes these pupils to be scum, filth that don't deserve an education, blaming a child's educational failure on their social background, its easy to blame the children, when in actual fact it is the fault of senior management at Lagan college for failing to provide education for these children whilst conning parents into effectively funding thin air. Lagan college pupils are the last to experience any educational benefits from additional funding, where is the money going? You've only to look at the flash expensive limosines of Lagan's senior management to see, where parents and the state's money is going.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/education/school_tables_1999/northern_ireland/national/GCSE/nat_by_gcse.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/education/school_tables_1999/northen_ireland/board/gcse/by_gcse.bstm#99