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Plan to help black boys achieve

April 9, 2007 5:30 pm · Post your comment (No Comments)

[Why is it only black boys that fail?-ed]

Schools, parents and pupils must do more to improve the attainment of black Caribbean boys, a union has said.

A charter on the issue published by the National Union of Teachers stresses the responsibilities they all have.

It says the boys themselves must develop their own learning and parents must support them and their schools.

Schools must encourage them to have high expectations and have “a moral commitment” to raise and promote their achievements, the NUT added.

The charter, published at the union’s annual conference, in Harrogate, was compiled with the collaboration of groups of black boys in London, Birmingham and Manchester.

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