Responding to Michael Gove’s plans to loosen rules over physical force in classrooms, Youth Fight for Jobs chair Ben Robinson said:
“This is an appalling step towards the brutalisation of our education system. If a school student is harmed as a result of Gove’s changes we will organise mass walkouts around the country in protest …
“This is apparently in response to the riots; but how will introducing the threat of violence into the classroom cut across the root causes of the riots? …
“If Michael Gove really wanted to change the lives of those in school he would start by offering them a future. He would restore EMA and provide real, paid working opportunities for those one million unemployed young people…”.
For full statement go to: www.youthfightforjobs.com/article/7176
