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Published by Afterschool.my on Nov 12, 2012, 06:42 am

  •  "Second chance" culture during A-level exams soon to be abolished
  • Universities to be given go signal to design A-levels
Key structural changes in A level exams will be applied starting next year.Students will no longer have the bite-sized modules, which allow students to repeatedly resit and inflate their overall grade. Instead an end-of-year exams will be implemented to help restore rigour to the exam system.The change will axe off the January assessments and reduce the number of times a student can sit their exams.Beginning September 2013, students starting their courses will take their exams wholly in June and be limited to just one resit.Last year, almost six in 10 A-level students sat a paper more than once, while 7% sat exams three times or more.Ofqual, the qualifications regulator, said these changes were based aftre a three-month consultation. Based on the reports, the modular A-levels exam is damaging pupil's education and leaving them unprepared for the demands of university.In the near term, Ofqual will let universities play an important role in setting A-level syllabuses and exam questions alongside moves to limit the amount of coursework and teacher-led assessment."It is enormously encouraging that there is such support for a robust and relevant new system which will allow young people to demonstrate real knowledge and understanding of their subjects," said the spokeswoman for the Department of Education in the United Kingdom.
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