Author: Peter Salisbury Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format
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2009/3/5 Jacqui Caren <jacqui.caren@???>: > Victor Churchill wrote:
>> Oh. I had thought "GCE" was now out of use. I did recently do a GCSE
>
> From BBC news site.
> - some private schools are dropping GCSE and using iGCSE.
> The GCSE is mostly (class,home)work based - the iGCSE being mostly exam based.
>
> The thinking is that dilligent students can excel at (well are much easier to
> tutor for) exams than extended coursework. If they want excellent grades then
> exams are the way to go. The suggestion is that GCSE holders are now considered
> "mostly illiterate".
>
> Not a good sign when a degree is now only equivalent to what used to be an Alevel.
>
> Mind you I remember doing A+ "Physics" and the exam was more complex (harder to pass)
> than second year degree physics.
>
> Jacqui
>
We used to have 'S Levels' in my day, for those who were pushing
beyond A Levels. I even took one (Physics) but it was the one year
there were no questions on electronics so I failed (yes, in those days
you could actually fail!)
