On today’s BBC Breakfast, Kate Green revealed she wasn’t pleased with the Government’s decision to let students take results from mock exams if they are not happy with the results they will be given by the examining board. Charlie Stayt pressed the Shadow Education Secretary for “clarity” and the pair clashed when he slammed her for repeating herself.
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England's exam results fiasco has exposed its flawed education system | Melissa BennBy ignoring teachers and downgrading results, Ofqual has highlighted the deep inequalities between our schools, says Melissa Benn, a founder of the Local Schools Network It's been flawed for 50 years. Are the exam results out then? If not, then what fiasco is she talking about? Trump was a new phenomenon. This oaf is a tired and inept attempt at hopping on the bandwagon. Send him to the Tower! Off with his hair!
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Could England and Wales follow Scotland's exam grades U-turn?Differences between the countries’ education and exam systems provide clues They have . What does suggest ? Only fair if they do. A lot of understandable outrage if not. Why should postcodes be a factor? Teacher predictions are enough. No, they can do much much worse
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GCSE and A-level students can use mock results to apply for university and jobsIn a government U-turn, Gavin Williamson tell students they can use mock results if they are unhappy with the grades they're awarded with on Thursday. good on him! This way we know where we stand, instead of waiting for a statistically adjusted results that no body knows where it came from.
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Over 100,000 Scottish exam grades to be reinstated after rowResults to be restored to those recommended by teachers, John Swinney announces remember guys, gavin williamson won't care about us and neither will ofqual. SNP know that kids have parents. Thats 1000's of kids. If you lose the parents you lose voters. Its a spectacular u-turn, with no credibility but votes matter. What a thoroughly incompetent administration. Imagine these jokers got independence. We'd have an Afghanistan on our border. severincarrell
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Scottish exam grades to be reinstated, says education secretary – videoJohn Swinney said more than 100,000 Scottish exam grades that had been marked down last week would be reinstated So teachers who over predicted get their students grades confirmed and teachers who predicted students accurately lose out? For next year every single teacher will predict A* and every single student will be awarded it! If next years pupils have to sit the exam and as a cohort the overall pass rate falls compared with 2020, they are all going to claim that they were disadvantaged by actually having to take the exam. How will the government fix that? Might as well just give everyone to marks. exam grades, part of the, 'intellectual apartheid,' of our society, do well and you may rise, do badly and at every interview you will be asked why ?
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Students want exam results upgraded across UKNational Union of Students says Scotland's exam changes must be applied to A-levels for fairness. Make them re do the year they are in. That should cheer them up. Of course this was going to be an unfair outcome. No wonder students were disappointed not to be able to sit the exams. The same will happen in England & Wales as in Scotland. They will ignore the recommendations. There will be appeals. Lots of them. I did an A level but it was downgraded to a GCSE :-(
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