//Why do those charged with imparting numeracy and literacy to children persist in misrepresenting the facts?//

Hmmm... well, because they are socialists and communists who only have themSELVES at heart. That's my opinion.

When I was in the work force up to 20 years ago, the AEU was the "Amalgamated Engineering Union", And I had previously put in a post under that misconception. By the posts, it seems that has something to do with the Education union. My father was a school teacher in a state school, and was often supplied with instructions which he considered were inappropiare and as the was the teacher of a one teacher school, anything he considered not suitable, he ignored it. It didn't really matter, because it wasn't long before the department had changed their mind and supplied another ruling which was about as usless.