GCSEs to be replaced with GOVEs
‘It is entirely coincidental that the proposed test rhymes with ‘cove’,’ declared the Secretary of State.
Posted: Sep 18th, 2012
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Scandal as Media Studies AS-level exam accidentally features basic numeracy question
The UK’s exam bodies were again under scrutiny after an AS Level Media Studies exam paper featured an ‘impossible’ question requiring basic knowledge of the 7 times tables. Instead of the planned question ‘Discuss the need for media regulation,’ students were asked to solve the equation 7y = 63.
Posted: Jun 11th, 2011
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Heartache for student as grandmother dies again
Tragedy struck second-year undergraduate Harvey Owen today, when his beloved grandmother Ivy again passed away for the fourth time just days before the start of her grandson’s critical end-of-term exams.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2010
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Teachers lament declining standards of parent-written coursework
‘Parents are consistently failing to reach the standard of sham coursework required for GCSE and A-Level.’
Posted: Nov 4th, 2009
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Teenagers go straight home after taking final exams
A group of teenagers shocked locals by going straight home after taking their final exams in Bedfordshire today. Residents looked on in horror as the group walked quietly through the streets in ones or twos, leaving enough room on the pavement for people to pass them by without having to step into the road, before dispersing to their homes.
Posted: Jul 1st, 2009
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