Yet the government presses on. A very similar situation exists with universities and colleges. In this way, the education system takes on the form of a marketplace. You become part of the labour market, to be bought by business. Your labour power is a marketable commodity, and you expect to have increased its value through education.
Students consume education and business consumes students.
The aim is now clear. Education is becoming more and more a market-led system. The league tables increase competition and hopefully productivity, to suit the monopolies that invest in this marketplace. In the global market. The aim in increasing competition between schools, between colleges and between universities is to make the monopolies more competitive in the global market.