Lisbon - School Report Question and Answers
Maintenance of appropriately high standards for all students:
very poor in secondary. Teachers of IB level are often not trained for it, do not understand the curriculum required and not experienced enough to teach it. Standards are written down but not applied. No student ever fails out of the school (even if they do nothing and are angry and trying to fail.) Grades are often manipulated to pass a student and assessment in general is ineffective and inflated. A very large number of secondary students do little or no homework - this is very much part of the school culture. - Dec 2011
