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Pupils have no grasp of three Rs

Pupils are passing national English and maths tests without grasping basic elements of the three Rs, teachers warned today.

Teenagers still cannot use capital letters and full stops correctly despite seven years of the Government's literacy and numeracy drive, say officials of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

The ATL wants the tests abolished. Union official Iain Freeland-said 15-year-olds he has been teaching, studying for a leisure and tourism qualification worth four GCSEs, did not know how to use the 24-hour clock.

"Education Education Education!". Bollocks!