Carmelo Rossitto
1/5
I have taken biology and chemistry exams twice, with different exam boards, because it was my intention to study biomedical science. I studied hard for many hours a day every day to obtain excellent grades and performed well in every exam but I was not awarded any grades (two Us). Two months after taking exams, students are all awarded Us. Exam boards state that the person who viewed the answers made a mistake. They say that another person must view the answers to award them the right grades. They steal students’ money by stating that answers must be viewed many times. The word “review” is used to hide the fact that grades are awarded in exchange of money. Exam boards sell grades because they are private commercial companies (Limited). My internet provider is a Limited company. I give them money and, in return, they provide me with access to the internet. The more money they receive, the better students’ grades will be. Despite their huge profits, they are registered as charities to dodge taxes.
Grades should have been included in the expensive fees I had paid to sit exams. Students have to pay expensive exam fees to take exams because further education is monopolised by private commercial companies. I was awarded two Us because I did not buy grades. Although I proved universities that grades are sold, they adamantly refused to accept me. It is evidence that universities’ admission departments and exam boards work together. If students do not buy grades, they are not accepted. A few people study biology and chemistry at A-Level because it is very expensive to buy grades in these subjects. As a result, the NHS has a chronic shortage of personnel. Poaching medical personnel from poor nations is unethical and it is not the solution to this problem.
The government privatised education to save money but it pays for students’ tuition fees. This is a paradox. If the government owned sixth form colleges and universities, it would save a lot of money. Additionally, the NHS would not have a chronic shortage of medical staff because studious people, indigenous and foreigners, would attend British medical schools. Moreover, doctors would not misdiagnose diseases.
Universities are private institutions (de facto). A university degree costs £9,250 because the government does not own universities. They are considered public institutions (de jure) because the government pays for students’ university fees. Medicine and dentistry are the most expensive courses. For this reason, the government limits places in medical schools (numerus clausus). If the government owned universities, numerus clausus would be useless. If there were no numerus clausus in medical schools, the NHS would not have a chronic shortage of doctors. Rich people only can buy 3 As in order to enrol in medical schools. UCAT exams are managed by private commercial companies. Admission to medical school is based on money only, not on knowledge and mental skills. Unfortunately, private education has a detrimental effect on people’s health and lives. The NHS has to pay billions of pounds every year in compensation because private education produces incompetent doctors.
If education were nationalised, the NHS would save billions of pounds as doctors would not misdiagnose diseases. Furthermore, “mickey mouse degrees” would disappear. I think that European universities do not accept British A-Levels because they are issued by private commercial companies. In the other European nations, there are no exam boards because academic certificates are awarded by sixth form colleges themselves on behalf of governments. If A-Levels were public qualifications, the logo of the government (Dieu et mon droit) would appear on certificates. I am not the only person complaining about the fact that education is monopolised by private entities. There is no meritocracy if education is private. Meritocracy is in public institutions only.
PS: I am also capable of studying at medical school.
