Ahhh... at last some common sense. The problem with extending the school leaving age past 16 is that the majority of students become bored.
Many subjects can simply have multiple choice answers so imagine this for the subjects that can. With the aid of modern computers every business in the world is doing less and producing more. Utilise what we have and have a nationally based TEACHING SYSTEM where students sit at a computer that explains the lesson. They are handed a check box style questionaire sheet where they mark which answer is correct. The student is free to leave the class to socialise with others. Yes the child is instantly rewarded ... the harder a student works the quicker they are released.
This sheet is scanned and the result recorded and the computer sets the students lesson for the next day.
The following day the student enters his student password and the system knows what class it is because of the timetable. The student has revision of what was taught yesterday and answered directly into the computer which allows an instant result. This revision has additional explanation & exercises based on the parts which were wrong. The student then recieves that new days lesson which is dealt with like the previous lesson.
The computer reports to the teacher which students failed to achieve 100% in the revision.Those students then recieve the personal tutoring and explanation from the teacher based on what was wrong. Only half the class or less would need this.
This should result in students trying to achieve because they will be rewarded with free time. The students that are gifted will not be held back because their continually correct answers will tell the computer to grade them to a higher level with tougher questions. The students that are continually failing will be moved to a lower level.
In time all students will achieve at their own level with passes reflecting their true ability without being bored.

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I'd hate to be a teacher of "special needs" or even lower ability students under your scheme. How do you measure the social progress made by these students? There'd be a scramble to teach the best classes or in the top schools to get those monetary rewards - pity those outback schools under your short-sighted scheme. They'd always be understaffed.
Typical to see those not working in schools telling how they should be run - just look at the people appointed as education ministers!
You're right on one count though. "It" is done in business throughout the world every year - quality is often abandoned in the global striving to produce greater quantities. Let's abandon weaker students, poorer communities even further by trying to attract the best teachers into those more lucrative schools. Easy to see you've had a private-school education and voted liberal.

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