Quarter of A-level students will scoop A* grade in advanced maths and Latin
Watchdog predicts new top grade to identify brightest pupils will vary considerably by subject
Almost a quarter of teenagers taking Latin or advanced maths A-levels this summer are expected to achieve the new A* grade designed to identify exceptional students, research published today reveals.
But just 1% of pupils entered for accounting and 2% of [...]
FE suffering
FE students lack skills for work, say firms
News | Published in FE Focus on 21 May, 2010 | By: Alan Thomson
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Colleges are less responsive to employers’ needs than private training providers and even universities, according to the third annual education and skills survey from the Confederation of British Industry
The survey report, Ready to grow: business [...]
Functional Skills credits
The DCSF have advised that 5 QCF credits is equivalent to a notional learning time of 50 hours which accords to the 45 guided learning hours that are assigned to functional skills in the NQF (the additional 5 hours being personal studies, library work etc). But there are no credits in the NQF. However [...]
20% leave school ‘Functionally illiterate and innumerate
News | Published in The TES on 7 May, 2010 | By: William Stewart
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Government-funded research claims 20% of 16- to 19-year-olds lack basic skills
Around a fifth of pupils leave school functionally illiterate and functionally innumerate, despite average achievement in the three Rs improving over the past decade, a new Government-funded study has found.
Sheffield University researchers [...]
Non-academic 14- to 16-year-olds to go to college
The Liberal Democrats support new proposals to send 14- to 16-year-olds to college. But will they work?
North Lindsey College is justifiably proud of its 14-16 skills centre, which supports over 700 young people each year, many of whom had become disengaged with education. Students from 13 local schools, who, in principal Roger Bennett’s words, “don’t like [...]
Debate on exams
School exams: what’s really happening to ‘standards’?
- 29 Apr 2010
Cambridge Assessment hosted an open and frank debate on 29 April 2010 in order to clarify public understanding of the different examination standard issues. Over 100 people including teachers, assessment experts, employers and journalists attended. The debate was streamed live and nearly 1000 people watched [...]
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