Secondary school exams are currently being reviewed by education secretary Michael Gove, who favours replacing GCSEs with English Baccalaureate Certificates (EBCs).
While not being opposed to reform of the examination system, we are very concerned at the haste with which the government is rushing through this change and the direction it is taking. We are certainly not alone.
High-profile figures have given written submissions to the NUT with their opinions on the government’s proposals for key stage 4 examination reform. Sir David Hare called the proposals “insanity, and worse – class-reinforcing insanity”, while Sir Richard Eyre asked: “What’s next? Cultural apartheid?” Julie Walters said: “Creativity is as important in education as literacy and determining somebody’s intelligence shouldn’t be limited merely to academic subjects.”
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