Axing the assessment of both speaking and listening from English GCSE and practical skills from science A level risks making the qualifications “less relevant”, a business leader has warned.
Katja Hall, deputy director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has also said that key areas such as careers information, advice and guidance (IAG), and pre-16 vocational routes have been “all but ignored” for too long.
Speaking at the Royal Society last week, Ms Hall said that the government’s examination and qualification reforms “started off with the right instincts” and that progress has been made to install more rigour into the system.
However, she continued: “The government needs to do more to make its reforms work. And we hope that this will happen. Business wants to work with the government on education reform, but key areas such as careers advice and pre-16 vocational routes have for too long been all but ignored.
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