UK Education in Chaos :: social issues

UK Education in ChaosThe British education system at one metre 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 perform shambles and plagued with corruption thanks to the implementation of the so-c anyed Curriculum 2000. helping of the draw is becoming an increasingly influential featureor in todays psychometric test lottery. This articles title draws on the sarcasm of a Warwick undergraduate contributing to the A take aim brisksgroup. Having been fortunate enough to take his A Levels back in the good old days when Edexcel was a reputable name, he was atheistic about the validity of students current grievances. But the present state of the run system means that come results day, such seemingly bizarre statements could be taken seriously. In all fairness, Edexcel were made the scapegoats or escape goats as run down from Big Brother would say after a minor error by their printing company for a Maths newspaper publisher resulted in fatal consequences back in January. The media blitz that followed had everyone jumping on the bandwagon, venting all their fury at the exam board. Following the Yarm School head t severallyers insurance coverage of the unanswerable Maths question to the Beeb, suddenly allegations against poor old Edexcel reached new heights 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 lots less publicize event, Question 1 in an AQA Physics A Level paper was impossible as it lacked essential data. From personal experience AQAs shoddy marker and virtually non-existent customer service means they deserve as much if not more criticism than Edexcel, with over 1 in 3 teachers finding AQAs marking quality unsatisfactory last year for whatever subjects. However, neither is at fa ult 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 staff combinations and numerous 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 Literature paper casually mentioned how some of the options set had not been act by any candidates.