2,300 pupils set to get better English grades
MORE than 2,300 Welsh pupils were set to receive improved English Language GCSE grades today.
The Welsh Government said the WJEC examining board had confirmed the increased scores, with 1,202 students having their grades increased from a D to a C and 598 from a C grade to a B.
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A lowering of grade boundaries also meant there were some changes at other grades, resulting in an overall figure of 2386 receiving raised grades.
The Welsh Government, as regulator of examinations in Wales, issued a direction to the WJEC last week to re-grade this year's GCSE English Language results after a review found there were significant problems with the methodology used to award grades.
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Following the announcement from the WJEC, Education Minister Leighton Andrews said: "What we have seen today is the swift resolution of an injustice served to well over 2,000 Welsh candidates.
"The decision to direct the WJEC to re-grade was about fairness and ensuring that Welsh students got the grades they deserved for the work they put into their examination.
"We are grateful to those examiners and other staff of the WJEC who worked tirelessly to ensure that candidates received their revised grades on time.
"This announcement was the only acceptable outcome for learners affected by a questionable grading methodology. Candidates can now rest assured that the process used to determine their final grades was fair and just."
The WJEC also said it was "extremely interested" in developing new qualifications proposed for England.
A spokesman said: "WJEC is extremely interested in developing ambitious new EBC qualifications proposed for England. We are also keen to continue playing a leading role in developing qualifications for Wales, following completion of the 14-19 qualifications review."
Meanwhile Swansea West MP Geraint Davies has warned that Government plans to abolish GCSEs in England will "devalue" the education system and shoot "a hole in the economy".
Mr Davies was speaking after UK Education Secretary Michael Gove unveiled proposals to replace GCSEs with a revamped English Baccalaureate quali fication from 2017.
Questioning the minister in the House of Commons, Mr Davies asked if Mr Gove understood that abolishing GCSEs would "discredit the qualifications of everyone under the age of 50, and the likely qualifications of those taking GCSEs over the next five years, thus devaluing the currency of education in Britain and shooting a hole in the economy?"
In response the education secretary said it was the previous Labour Government which had "devalued" education.
Mr Gove said: "The things that contribute to improvement are governments committed to raising the bar, head teachers liberated to do a superb job and two parties coming together to make sure that we modernise our examination system in a genuinely internationalist way.
"If the honourable gentleman wants to be part of that process, we will welcome him; if he wants to carp from the sidelines, sadly, history will leave him behind."
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Comments
by Neathboy234
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:11AM
“latest news is that hundreds of English schools are planning to take this to court. OMG what has Gove gone and done. The worms are coming out of the can, big time”
by GretaCarbo
Thursday, September 20 2012, 10:19PM
“gorseboy
The letters of the English alphabet are Roman and not Hebrew/Aramaic.
×××× See: Tetragrammaton for info on Paleo-Hebrew and Aramaic scripts.
As for spelling, early missionaries to Britain had quite a task on their hands when it came to transferring the local Germanic tongue onto paper.
Likewise with Caxton's Flemish typesetters.
I thought that you would have noticed my modification to the song 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore' - It is a spiritual metaphor after all.
As to why you are glad that I've quoted a Tory newspaper piece about Archie Andrews' re-incarnation - Please explain.”
by godisalie
Thursday, September 20 2012, 8:53PM
“susiqzz,
When a so called pedant pulls you up on your spelling etc. tell them to read their own posts and correct their mistakes too. Mind you,they are so arrogant that they are never wrong in their own heads.
eg proccessor?
The problem is though, the poster in question is like many others on here - a mouth on legs.”
by gorseboy
Thursday, September 20 2012, 8:03PM
“GretaCarbo
What am I talking about? There you are mixing languages HALLELUJAH(Praise the Lord) in English it has the J in Hebrew/Aramaic the letter Y as in Yaweh.
Glad to see you use Tory rag for your information,did it tell you he was adopted as a baby by a Labour supporting fish proccessor? Always thought he was a right "b" this seems to agree.
susiqzz
Sorry I know what you mean,just that likes of greta like to pull me up on similar things,it must be catching.ha ha.”
by susiqzz
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 9:01PM
“Gorseboy...My English is fine...my typing is rubbish!! Spotted the typo too late to correct it and will, accordingly, fall on my sword!”
by GretaCarbo
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 8:24PM
“gorseboy
Yacht ya talking about?
'In 1979, aged 11, he [Gove the boat ashore - Halleluyah] won a scholarship to [the independent] Robert Gordon's School in Aberdeen, where he spent the next seven years excelling in every subject, except sport.' - Daily Telegraph 16 May 2010.
Neathboy234
Yes.
Cleggy helped to trim the sale [sic]. Halleluyah.”
by gorseboy
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 7:58PM
“susiqzz
Hope he is better at English than you,SCHOLARSHIP,I passed the scholarship it was called 11+ in my day.
He is like the rest of those pompous twits who sit in Westminster,nothing between the ears despite his degree,there are chaps from Morriston who went to OXBRIDGE and have doctorates yet cannot get jobs.”
by Neathboy234
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 7:35PM
“GretaCarbo you are right. Gove has dug himself into a nasty little hole, one that he may not be able to get out of. He has of course tried to redirect some of the flack from his lack of judgement by announcing a new form of examination(not the one he wanted though, Clegg rightfully put a stop to that). The fury in England will not go away though, not now that Wales has done the right thing.”
by Neathboy234
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 7:31PM
“JerryLew your post did make me chuckle. They weren't remaking the grades, they were regrading them because they were marked too harshly as compared to January. Have you not been following the news in the past day's. Go to the bottom of the class for not paying attention lol”
by GretaCarbo
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:53PM
“GorsseinonJoe
Is that why Gove The Boat Ashore didn't consult teachers, academics, parents or students before coming to a decision?
susiqzz
Arts degree therefore, no logic.
To be fair, there are those with science and maths degrees who cannot multi-task.”