IO540,
Absolutely, as far as the school is concerned.
I'd would have hoped that the benefit for the school is that, if supported and encouraged, new PPL holders would fly more frequently, for longer flights, and stay in the activity for longer. Thus, they would generate more income for their host organization, but would also, hopefully, enjoy their flying more. After all, one hears about the high attrition rate post PPL.
I must admit, I do not have a motivation problem to keep flying, but am trying to propose ideas which may assist with lowering the attrition rate.
So far as the principal burden of the thread is concerned, I do share the concerns of others that the PPL examination regime as presently constituted seems rather easy. My own solution would be to make the examinations more rigorous and more academic, but I know that others find this an unacceptable route. One wonders whether the CAA/JAA have other alterations in the pipeline to succeed the recent alterations. Is it not also time to follow the FAA into an automated question setting regime for those examinations which are suitable for MCQs? Perhaps that would allow for a much expanded repertoire of examination questions. One would have thought most training organizations now have access to online facilities.