Missing The Point

A fifth of applicants have failed to get the 60 per cent pass mark in the multiple choice citizenship test introduced in October last year.

(The) quiz tests participants on Australian history and values, and determines whether they have adequate English proficiency.

Immigration Minister Chris Evans told Fairfax the government would review the test in light of the poor test results.

"The citizenship test should be about increasing awareness of citizens' responsibilities and, of course, of the Australian way of life," he said.

Sorry Chris but the test is about testing 'awareness of citizens' responsibilities and, of course, of the Australian way of life'.

Promising to review the test in light of poor results (an 80 per cent pass rate is poor?) sounds suspiciously like offering to dumb it down so that every child wins a prize.

A lot like a modern education all round, really.

-- Nick