A network of schools run by the military should be introduced in Britain's most deprived areas to prevent youngsters turning into a new generation of rioters, according to a think-tank. The military academies would draw upon the ''unique technical and vocational expertise'' of the armed forces and use it to address poor discipline and educational failure in problem neighbourhoods, ResPublica said. The think-tank was founded by Philip Blond, a driving force behind David Cameron's 'Big Society' agenda. In a report published today, the independent organisation calls on the Coalition to back a pilot scheme that will see 10 schools set up in ''Neet blackspots'' - where a large proportion of youngsters are not in education, employment or training - before rolling them out in all local education authorities. It says: ''Military academies would open up new opportunities for those lacking hope and aspiration; they would change the cultural and moral outlook of those currently engulfed by hopelessness and cynicism.Last February the Government announced plans to draft ex-servicemen into schools to crack down on bad behaviour in the classroom. Instructors recruited from the Armed Forces will be brought in to work with children at risk of being expelled from mainstream education as part of plans being announced on Monday. Some £1.5m will be awarded to SkillForce â a charity employing former military personnel â to enable the organisation to expand into tough schools in deprived areas. The move was inspired by similar schemes in the United States where some 15,000 former soldiers have been drafted in to inner-city schools to boost results and behaviour. The Government also announced funding for a new-style âTroops to Teachersâ programme in England to give ex-servicemen bursaries to retrain as teachers. Today's report, named Military Academies - Tacking Disadvantage, Improving Ethos and Outcomes and Revitalising our Armed Forces, was compiled in the wake of last summer's riots. It says two-thirds of young people involved in the disorder had some form of special educational need and more than a third had been excluded from school during 2009-10, laying bare the extent of educational failure in Britain's poorest communities. According to the study, troubled youngsters will benefit from receiving pastoral care from those with a military background. It adds that the academies will also help students into employment by forming partnerships with defence and other manufacturing firms that offer apprenticeships. The authors also calls on the UK to adopt America's Troops to Teach scheme, a fast-track teacher training programme for military personnel which has helped over 9,500 veterans into the classroom in the US. Mr Blond, said: ''Both Michael Gove and Nick Clegg have highlighted the value of military training. Mr Gove in calling for boot camps for expelled children and Nick Clegg's summer camps, but the Government must be much bolder. ''Why should the benefits of military discipline and training be limited to a handful of children excluded from mainstream schools, or just two weeks a year? If the Government is serious about harnessing the expertise and ethos of the armed forces, then they must be far more radical.'' Speaking about the SkillForce project last year, Mr Gove said: "There is a huge opportunity for those people who have served their country in uniform to serve their country in our schools." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...ew-generation-of-rioters-says-think-tank.html
People in the armed services are thick ****s though. "The move was inspired by similar schemes in the United States where some 15,000 former soldiers have been drafted in to inner-city schools to boost results and behaviour." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16524419
The same Phillip Blond of ResPublica who has been pulled up for having positions that don't exist as a tax dodge and embody everything that's wrong with lobbyists? Aren't there also calls for ResPublica to be disbanded as they didn't call a Parliamentary Hearing about Blond siphoning the cash for his quango and funding a mental birds and Caribbean Islands lifestyle at the expense of the taxpayer? They can **** right off with this reactionary pish
They pissed on the dead **** to make the smell more bearable. With this Military schools teaching thing it could work but I'd suggest dirrerent levels of Army experience depending on the history of the area proposed. The light Infantry for instance could teach at at somewhere like Sheffield, The Paras in say Belfast , the Marines in Manchester whereas Glasgow would need the SAS
We can't integrate these delinquents into normal society so teach them how to hold an automatic weapon and point them towards some brown foreign people
Seems entirely sensible to me Mick, but then I am a killing machine and anyhoo, these brown people were probably asking for it.
Plymouths ok now some mad Scot has moved away but admittedly Bristol does have one or two troublemakers. <probablyscottishsettlers>
