“We must talk about a class of uber-chavs. They are not doing anything productive and are costing taxpayers a fortune. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to take these people now and provide basic social and work ethic skills.” Ralph Surman
Uber-chavs: Deputy headteacher Ralph Surman believes that a new generation of modern parents are fast becoming a drain on the state
A deputy head who sat on a Government taskforce aimed at improving behaviour in schools yesterday condemned a generation of modern parents as ‘uber-chavs’.
Ralph Surman said the parents of today’s pupils were themselves the children of the ‘first big generation of single mothers’ from the 1980s.
He claimed they – and in turn their children – have been left with no social skills or work ethic and may be impossible to educate.
Mr Surman spoke out in response to figures unearthed by the Conservative Party, which show that the number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training – known as NEETs – is rising across Britain.
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