[Linux-aus] Harry Kroto lashes out at British Science education - and in AU?

[Janet Hawtin]

http://education.guardian.co.uk/universitiesincrisis/story/0,,2084784,00.html
As well as trained engineers and scientists, we desperately need a
scientifically literate general population, capable of thinking
rationally - and that includes lawyers, businesspeople, farmers,
politicians, journalists and athletes. This is vital if we are to
secure a sustainable world for our grandchildren.

How are we faring?

Janet