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03/09/2012
GCSEs 'Unfair' This Year Admits Michael Gove
Education Secretary Michael Gove has admitted that GCSE students in England were treated unfairly this year.
The boundaries between C and D in GCSEs in England were moved part way through the year, leaving many students with lower grades than they had been predicted.
Parents and head teachers lambasted the move, accusing Gove of attempting to engineer a stop to the grade inflation of recent years.
And some schools have even threatened legal action.
But Gove said that it was beyond his political remit to order the readjustment of grade boundaries.
The education secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "My heart goes out to those students who sat the exam this year because I don't think the exam was designed in the most appropriate way.
"Everyone who sat the exam was treated in a way that either wasn't fair or appropriate."
(NE)
The boundaries between C and D in GCSEs in England were moved part way through the year, leaving many students with lower grades than they had been predicted.
Parents and head teachers lambasted the move, accusing Gove of attempting to engineer a stop to the grade inflation of recent years.
And some schools have even threatened legal action.
But Gove said that it was beyond his political remit to order the readjustment of grade boundaries.
The education secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "My heart goes out to those students who sat the exam this year because I don't think the exam was designed in the most appropriate way.
"Everyone who sat the exam was treated in a way that either wasn't fair or appropriate."
(NE)
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