UK Education in Chaos :: social issues

UK Education in cuckoos nestThe British education governance at one time was considered as one of the worlds finest, admired and emulated by nations spanning several continents. Now it is in a state of disarray, reduced to nothing less than a complete shamble and plagued with corruption thanks to the implementation of the so-called Curriculum 2000. Luck of the bring in is becoming an increasingly influential factor in todays exam lottery. This articles designation draws on the sarcasm of a Warwick undergraduate contributing to the A aim newsgroup. Having been fortunate enough to take his A Levels hold up in the not bad(predicate) old days when Edexcel was a reputable name, he was sceptical nigh the validity of students current grievances. But the present state of the exam system means that come results day, such seemingly bizarre statements could be interpreted seriously. In all fairness, Edexcel were made the scapegoats or escape goats as Jade from monstrous Brother would say after a minor error by their notion company for a Maths paper resulted in disastrous consequences back in January. The media blitz that followed had bothone jumping on the bandwagon, venting all their delirium at the exam board. Following the Yarm School head teachers reporting of the incontestible Maths question to the Beeb, fulminantly allegations against poor old Edexcel reached new senior high as they were blamed for more farcical errors. But with a sudden exponential increase in exam papers, these mistakes were inevitable. In fact such cock-ups had begun the previous summer, when in a much less publicised event, research 1 in an AQA Physics A Level paper was unachievable as it lacked essential data. From personal experience AQAs shoddy marking and closely non-existent customer service means they deserve as much if not more criticism than Edexcel, with over 1 in 3 teachers decision AQAs marking quality unsatisfactory last year for some subjects. However, incomplete is at fault as much as the government, recklessly implementing these changes so that 24 million scripts had to be marked when teacher shortages.are clear. So why has Curriculum 2000 resulted in the introduction of these primary-school errors? Maybe because the endless module combinations and legion(predicate) resit opportunities have meant exam boards cannot sufficiently check through each and every one of the hundreds of different exam papers. AQAs report for Januarys A Level literary works paper casually mentioned how some of the options set had not been attempted by any candidates.