The tripartite system of grammar schools, secondary moderns and technical schools - along with the controversial 11 Plus - was the brainchild of RA Butler, Conservative President of the Board of Education in Churchill's wartime coalition.

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Yet China has stepped up its anti-Japanese education and accused Japan of not doing enough to atone for its wartime deeds.

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