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02/09/2013
Students To Continue English And Maths Until They Achieve Grade C
Students will continue to study English and Maths until they manage to achieve at least a grade C, in an effort to improve numeracy and literacy skills.
Students will not have to remain in school but will have to maintain some form of education or training in the subjects until the grades are reached. This will include students who leave education and move into work.
The move has been taken as the subjects are ones "employers demand before all others", according to Education Secretary Michael Gove.
However, it is understood that while head teachers support the idea in principle, they have concerns about how it would be implemented.
The current system allowed pupils to drop the subjects at 16 regardless of whether they had gained a qualification in them. Employer's organisations raised concerns over this system, highlighting an increasing number of young people with poor literacy and numeracy skills in England and Maths.
(MH/JP)
Students will not have to remain in school but will have to maintain some form of education or training in the subjects until the grades are reached. This will include students who leave education and move into work.
The move has been taken as the subjects are ones "employers demand before all others", according to Education Secretary Michael Gove.
However, it is understood that while head teachers support the idea in principle, they have concerns about how it would be implemented.
The current system allowed pupils to drop the subjects at 16 regardless of whether they had gained a qualification in them. Employer's organisations raised concerns over this system, highlighting an increasing number of young people with poor literacy and numeracy skills in England and Maths.
(MH/JP)
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