Archive for July 2012
GCSE to AS level, the transition – the summer break, the freedom, the maturity and the challenges!
Last month it was reported that Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, was preparing to replace GCSEs for England from autumn 2014 and to bring in a simpler exam for less academic teenagers. This announcement comes amid the on-going debate about the “dumbing down of GCSE’s, the accusation being that they do not stretch the more…
Read MoreShould we bring back O-Levels from the grave? Or plod along with GCSE? The way forward
The current debate instigated by Michael Gove on whether to bring back the O-level by the secretary of state for Education, has once again aroused passion about the way our Education system is structured and how well it is working. Whenever the issue of educating young people comes up, one aspect which always comes to…
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