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A adviser to the British government has attacked the of British schools and teachers. The adviser, Dominic Cummings, has worked with the UK Education Secretary Michael Gove for years. Mr Gove has followed many of his adviser's and has become very with British teachers. Cummings has made teachers very angry about a new he made on education in Britain. He said education in Britain is "between awful and ". He said most teachers do not do a good job in the classroom and that "real talent is ". He wrote: "In England, few teachers are well trained in the basics of writing or mathematical and scientific modelling and problem-solving."

Mr Cummings also attacked other of Britain's schools. He said billions of dollars are "" on projects to help students and on "" university courses. He argues that many university courses in England teach students and do not help them get a job. He said university students needed to work much harder. Cummings also teachers by saying 70 per cent of a child's in the classroom is because of his or her , and not because of teachers. Senior at the Department for Education have said Mr Cummings should be fired. One said he is the for a lot of the Education Secretary's "madder ideas". Many teachers also want Michael Gove to be fired.

 


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