I’m doing a certain professional project management qualification next week and the pre-reading for it brought home (in a rather scary way) just how horrible the majority of my formal education had been. Fill-in-the-gaps, copy this out, etc. etc.

As you say, Dave, this is a remnant of a society and job prospects that no longer exist. The trouble is that education, along with other fundamentals in society such as the welfare state, has a superstructure built on top of it that is resistant to change.

A thought-provoking contribution, Dave, thanks! 🙂