... young illiterate children in schools and also young people, who were going into universities (Tomlinson 2001:17). Then came James Callaghan's 1976 speech, which started off the official process and that, resulted in the implementation of the National Curriculum. (Matheson, Grosvenor, 1999:26) Andrews (1996: 15) states 'The National Curriculum was established in 1988 to provide a minimum educational entitlement for pupils of compulsory school age'. The NC was planned and implemented to have single set curriculum subjects taught nationally to all school aged pupils. Education was in the hands of local governments and school head-teachers before the 1988 Education Act. By the introduction of the NC in 1988 education was handed over to the central government, so that it had a role in deciding the curriculum taught in schools. The implementation of the NC gave equal opportunities to all children aged 5 to 16. The National Curriculum is for all pupils ...

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