THE NEED for a Black education fund might never have been greater.
There are now growing demands for a new Black Education Grant, to reduce university dropout rates from Black students due to lack of money to live on. “You could argue it has everything to do with the way teachers view Black children. And not all teachers respect them academically.” “The figures still show that Black children are much more likely to be excluded. I’m not saying that white working class boys should not get support. But it shouldn’t be used as an excuse not to address the longstanding issues in relation to Black children.
“They roll out the GCSE attainment for those on free school meals, which is probably the only thing you could look at. But free school meals aren’t really about class, it’s about who’s disadvantaged. “This idea it’s got better is lunacy. Definitely for Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups, in terms of GCSE it’s got better. Black Caribbean hasn’t improved, it’s basically stayed the same and Black African, interestingly, has probably gone a bit down.