Selected for aptitude and local knowledge, men were mostly recruited from the Home Guard which also provided a cover for their existence.
In education it means ending academic selection once and for all (see here how it could be done), removing the right of schools to select by aptitude or run their own school banding systems from the School Admissions Code and ending the right of schools to select by "faith-based" criteria.
Previous reports[ 9] have suggested that not all consultants should be obliged to teach, instead selecting for aptitude and skills, since as highlighted in this study not all consultants are confident or inclined to teach.
The members of Tau Beta Pi are selected for their academic aptitude and social commitment.
Labour also wants to see voluntary organisations, businesses and churches take over the running of more schools to give them a distinctive ethos.Say it, TonyFor "chosen by aptitude" read "selected for ability".
They just think that college admissions are no longer meritocratic, by which they mean no longer selecting applicants based on aptitude and academic achievement.
The specialist schools, in particular, illustrate current confusions.Some of the specialist schools stand accused of setting tests which select not by particular aptitude but (oh, horror) by general ability.
Moser-Mercer and her colleagues are careful to avoid extravagant claims, and rule out suggestions that brain scanners might be used to assess progress or select candidates with an aptitude for interpreting.
Any additional selection test must add value to the selection process in general and it is desirable that such tests enhance of the ability of schools to select candidates with an aptitude for clinical and communication skills.
They get extra money and can select up to 10% of their pupils by "aptitude" (the same thing as selecting by ability).
The school was supposed to select students regardless of academic aptitude, with adjustments made to insure geographic and demographic diversity.
