Publisher's Synopsis
This Advisory Council on Science and Technology (ACOST) report considers the whole process of education in science and technology starting in schools and progressing through higher education into employment, recognizing the many interactions between each of these stages. The report argues that science teaching in schools needs to be made more attractive by increasing the numbers of qualified teachers, providing better teaching facilities and greater local flexibility of pay. It also argues for a broadening of post-compulsory education with enhanced status and currency for Advanced Supplementary level qualifications, wider access to higher education and a restructuring of higher education courses in Science and Technology - particularly engineering - to make courses more attractive and relevant.
