Clients Expectations of Secondary Schooling

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If pupils are to be seen as clients of the schools, it is suggested that their understanding of what school is for becomes important. While a number of studies have stressed pupils’ evaluation of the school in vocational terms, perspectives may change when views of school are set against the pupil's own life goals ‐ his image of what he should be like when he has been educated. An attitude survey on these lines with 13‐14‐year‐old pupils indicates that almost all pupils, regardless of background or ability, value highly goals of personal and social development, and would like to see the school contributing to such goals by creating a supportive context for community living.