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The Independent UK
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Eleanor Busby

Government should review uninspiring and ‘mechanistic’ GCSE English – exam board

AQA has asked the Government to explore reducing some subject content and the number of exam papers on a subject-by-subject basis (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government should review GCSE English as teachers say it is uninspiring and “too mechanistic”, the leader of a major exam board has said.

Colin Hughes, chief executive of AQA, said pupils should also be given a chance to demonstrate literacy, oracy and numeracy skills that are useful in the “real world” through different qualifications.

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