“ I prefer discussions to be meaningful and conducted with courtesy. So I am going to ignore most of Sione’s post of 27/01/20 and stick to the point.
My post of 27/01/20 is simple and clear. So let us not over-complicate things. My point is that Sione has made some very strong assertions (They stole our children's future with the "Raw Marks" big lie) and I simply point out that additional evidence is required to make his conclusion sound.
This is essentially Sione’s argument: The low 27% pass rate in the Tonga School Certificate last year was due to the implementation of the Raw Marks system by the Tonga Ministry of Education in 2015. Fiji adopted the Raw Marks system in the same year and they had an increase in plagiarism.
I accept those three pieces of evidence that Sione relies upon. I contend, however, that his conclusion cannot be drawn from that evidence alone. We need to know if there is evidence that: Fiji has experienced increasingly low pass rates since 2015; there has been an increase in plagiarism in Tonga since 2015; and, plagiarism has been established to be caused by the Raw Marks system in both Tonga and Fiji.
If Sione stands by his argument then he and I would have to agree to disagree. ”