It is also the basis of a two-tier society where those who cannot afford further education will not undertake it and therefore only the well off in society will do so. It is therefore important that the reintroduction of maintenance grants is undertaken. Labour insists that education will once again be at the forefront of all its policies. They have consistently claimed throughout this term of office that chronic underfunding that they inherited from the previous Conservative government has hindered them in their attempts to bolster up the education system. They can't argue that this time.
Education has no simple answers.
Private schools, public schools, specialist schools, special needs schools - the options are as endless as the problems. But there is only one answer to the problems of today's society and that is education.