Education Secretary Michael Gove has set out his proposals to reform the school exam system. GCSEs in core subjects of English, maths and sciences will be replaced with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc) from September 2015 for examination two years later, with history, geography and languages to follow from 2016.
Gove says new standards are necessary for England’s young people to compete internationally. He believes that employers and academics have lost confidence in the value of GCSEs, blaming their demise on grade inflation, competition between awarding bodies and dumbing down.
He argues that changes to GCSEs including the introduction of modules and the expansion of coursework have “undermined the credibility of exams, leaving young people without the rigorous education they deserved”.
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