Exams
After results day: Are UK teenagers driven enough?
Official figures released yesterday show that the proportion of GCSEs awarded at least a C grade has fallen for the first time in the exam’s history.
By Nyima Pratten | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 9:00 am
Just about everything that’s wrong with education today
The current education system, under the impression the youth of Britain epitomize stupidity, seems to consist of a condescending series of spoon-feeding stages in a one-dimensional standardisation of children.
By Jack Foden | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 11:00 am
Why bother changing the GCSEs?
If you wish to change something, abolish exams completely, instead of making them more stressful for us.
By Jack Foden | Notebook | Monday, 20 August 2012 at 4:00 am
Time to cancel the end of term?
British school children are in school for just a few hours five days a week for around 38/40 weeks a year. It really doesn’t add up to very much overall so why do we allow so much of that precious time to be wasted?
By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 10:26 am
“More rigorous exams that more people pass”
Graham Stuart, Conservative MP and chairman of the Education select committee, intervened in Michael Gove’s speech yesterday to say that The Secretary of State wants more rigorous exams that more people pass.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 11:12 am
GCSEs are a pointless waste of time
A few facts. Last year almost 70% of 16 year olds achieved at least 5 GCSE passes with grades A*-C. And 58% of GCSE sitters got 5 good passes including English and maths.
By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 29 May 2012 at 2:04 am
Hey unis, leave our exams alone
As a student from a middling state school approaching the end of my time in higher education, I think A-level examinations set by university lecturers could be seriously damaging for both the aspirations and the achievements of those at less successful schools.
By Helen Crane | Notebook | Friday, 6 April 2012 at 1:47 pm
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