Flamin_Squirrel

There are two major problems with the education system.

1. Dumbing down.
2. Government meddling. Any education policy takes years to have any effect, and even if they come up with good policies they're nullified by constantly moving the goal posts.

Teaching standards are clearly an issue and that's certainly influenced by those join the profession, but I don't think this 6 months business will have much effect. Certainly not as much as the fact that no capable graduate is going to choose to get stuck in a low paid profession teaching a new generation of feral children the government helped create when they could be making more money with less stress elsewhere.

Actually that's not quite true, you can make money in teaching, but only if you progress beyond the classroom. So you end up with the best teachers no longer teaching. Stupid.