GCSE and A level students in every part of Wales will be able to join classes by video link from next year, the Welsh Government has announced. The e-sgol programme lets GCSE and A level pupils join classes at other schools via video link.
It will increase the number of GCSE and A/AS-level options available for pupils, especially for those at smaller, rural schools, widening access to a greater range of subjects. E-sgol, as it is known, also aims to broaden the subjects available to study through the medium of Welsh.
E-sgol was launched in three schools in Ceredigion in 2018 to expand opportunities for post-14 and post-16 learners to study courses that would not otherwise be available to them. It was also hoped it would increase the number of students studying subjects which normally attract lower numbers.
