P1 EDUCATION POLICY

Question 1

purpose/aim of the1944-1965 Tripartite System?

Answer 1

To provide equal opportunity for all pupils regardless of social class or background.

Led To:
- TAILORED EDUCATION TO INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES:
secondary grammar schools, modern schools and technical schools

-MERITOCRACY:
system designed to provide separate but equal schooling through the 11+ exam which would allocate pupils to their appropriate school.

Question 2

Evaluation of the Tripartite System

Answer 2

• The TS reproduced gender inequalities by requiring girls to gain higher marks in the 11+ exam
• Legitimated inequality from the ideology that ability is inborn and that it can be measured by a single test
• Led to regional inequalities as there were disparities in the number of grammar places available
• The schools did not have ‘parity of esteem’