The term for phony passing of class levels is Social Promotion. I heard it a lot in the 1990’s.
The idea is even though a child may have failed all his final exams and is absent more than present, he would suffer by not staying with his peer group. In other words, a big bunch of touchy-feely nonsense. Plus, it let’s the teachers avoid having ‘too many’ failed students connected to their classes.
I don’t know if this is still common in public schools.
I don’t have any ‘spies’ there anymore.
Plus, it let’s the teachers avoid having ‘too many’ failed students connected to their classes.
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Schools only exist to collect taxes. “Education” is the excuse to collect them. Why would any school actually want to hold a bad student back? They’re collecting tax revenue regardless of the education or lack thereof. Having more students or having them longer is not useful to them.