Alistair Lexden has presented awards to 36 outstanding students. The recipients—some British, some from overseas-- were warmly applauded at a ceremony held at the Lords on March 18.
All had achieved remarkable examination results at sixth form colleges belonging to the Council for Independent Education (CIFE), of which Alistair Lexden is President. He praised the wide array of courses available at CIFE colleges; many offer over 40 different AS and A level subjects taught by highly qualified specialists. Extraordinarily impressive grades are achieved, opening the way to places at leading universities.
He said: ‘Those who run and teach in CIFE’s 18 member colleges are among the heroes and heroines of the education system and their praises should be sung much more loudly’.