An online survey is seeking views on how the existing system is viewed and how it might be improved for the future.
The North’s education minister John O’Dowd says there is a pressing need to consider an alternative system.
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is carrying out the review, which Mr O’Dowd says will be one of most important pieces of work undertaken in the past quarter century.
The CCEA is working to ensure A levels and GCSEs are capable of “testing and rewarding the learning and attainment of pupils at the end of compulsory schooling and at the end of 6th form”.
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