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India students doing better than English friends
By RxPG News Service,
Nov 24, 2006 - 6:52:57 PM
London, Nov 24 - Indians and other ethnic minority students in Britain are doing far better that their British counterparts in mastering the three R's -.
The trend means that ethnic minority children are getting better grounding in the basics, according to new statistics released Thursday.
The stats also said that white students are making less progress in obtaining the General Certificate of Secondary Education - in the crucial subjects of english and maths than Indians and other Asian students, according to Daily Mail.
The proportion of white pupils achieving five A* to C at GCSE this summer rose by 2.1 percentage points from 55.1 percent in 2005 to 57.2 percent, while Indian pupils increased their performance by 1.5 points to 58.9 percent.
'It's welcome that those minorities are doing well. But it remains a huge concern that so many white children are not improving in the core academic subjects of English and maths, which are the foundations for lifelong learning,' said Nick Gibb, spokesperson for Tory schools.
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