education system not to blame ?

[kronas]

a student based organisation called examaid has come up with research which suggest two thirds of students are more bothered about there social lives then there academic achievements

the report also outlines why girls do better then boys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3264673.stm

now im not ruling out the fact that poor education standards are partly to blame for underachieving but i think there is peer pressure involved to 'fit in' as well.....