Monday, July 09, 2012

Exams - Another Way They Have Been Diluted.

A struggling teenager was allowed to take his maths A-level papers a staggering 29 times until he passed, it emerged today.
In a damning indictment of the resit culture, the student sat one paper for each of the six modules needed for the qualification.
He then went on take an astonishing 23 resits, an exam board chief revealed.
This CANNOT be right. Even the argument that 'he eventually reached the standard' must be seen as a trifle threadbare.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170415/School-pupil-sat-29-papers-gain-single-maths-A-level.html#ixzz206Akuta7

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  Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, has defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK! Announcing her defection at a Reform press...