Extracts from Lords debate on Schools: Music Education - Oct 18
Friday, 19 October 2018 07:51
Lord Storey (LD):...I just do not understand this. As the noble
Earl, Lord Clancarty, said, why would we bury our heads in the
sand? Why would we allow this to happen? The UK music industry is
worth £3.5 billion to our economy, including £1.4 billion-worth of
exports. The wider creative industries are worth £85 billion,
growing at twice the rate of the British economy. Why would we put
that in jeopardy? Any other country would be nurturing and
developing this opportunity, yet survey after...Request free trial
(LD):...I just do not
understand this. As the noble Earl, , said, why would we bury our
heads in the sand? Why would we allow this to happen? The UK music
industry is worth £3.5 billion to our economy, including £1.4
billion-worth of exports. The wider creative industries are worth
£85 billion, growing at twice the rate of the British economy. Why
would we put that in jeopardy? Any other country would be nurturing
and developing this opportunity, yet survey after survey, whether
from the BBC, the Institute of Education, the National Education Union or UK Music, shows
that music and the creative industries are in decline...
(Lab):...Since 2010, too many children have been pushed on
to subject pathways to which they are not always best suited, and
denied the opportunity to thrive in other valuable and challenging
subjects. The EBacc policy is narrowing the curriculum and
squeezing subjects such as art, music, design and technology, and
drama out of existence in some cases, as confirmed by the falling
numbers of children entered into those subjects. As
the National Education Union states,
these are not “soft options” but rigorous academic subjects vital
to the prosperity of our economy and the enrichment of our
society...
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