konzept education
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Concept is a newly-formed, independent group, not beholden to any larger
concern. The leaders of the group are themselves deeply involved in private
education and owe their livelihood to it. The group was born out of the
conviction that private education is a force for good, but that, as in
everything, there is room for improvement. How will that improvement happen?
Primarily by listening. By listening - to why parents spend money on education
for their children. What do they really want out of it - certainly not a
mediocre result. By listening - to what the pupils themselves want from their
schooling - of course it is exam grades which they know are the price of entry
to a good university (and there are a growing number which are not good) or to a
satisfying career, but what else do they want? By listening - to employers -
what sort of people will they be looking to recruit into the companies of the
future? By listening - to the worthwhile commentators who cast their minds
forward to see the way in which the world is changing all around us, every day.
In the lifetime of our children, standing still will be moving backwards. By
listening - attentively, with our heads and with our hearts, we aim to provide
schools and schooling that is consequential, and in being so recognises that
children enjoy their lives when they see a purpose in their learning. In
striving to achieve this, we will also be looking closely at ways of halting the
apparently inexorable rise in fees for private education, with the result that
over time a greater number of families will be in a position to choose the
independent option.
