The His Dark Materials novelist says current ‘fetish’ for exams is unnecessary and could ruin children’s lives
The government’s “complete fetish” for exams is badly wrong, according toPhilip Pullman, who believes the focus on testing will “ruin children’s lives”.
The His Dark Materials novelist told the Press Association that those in charge of education today “seem to think the function of a book … is to provide exercises for grammar and it’s not, of course. The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.”
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