- Improved standards - particularly in the middle schools - would lead to better graduation results.

- The quality of teaching is poor and has contributed to the “widespread under-performance” in public schools

- Principals need to spend time in classrooms to address the “culture of low expectations and lacklustre teaching” and be better leaders

- The curriculum needs to be streamlined and made consistent from school to school

- Learning support is being used “indiscriminately” to compensate for inadequate teaching

- The Ministry of Education is a “poorly led and mismatched organisation” which is “secretive”, “paternalistic” and “stifles” progress in education. It needs to be overhauled.