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SCHOOLS are staging a “quiet revolution” against test-driven education by teaching creative subjects that are not included in government curriculums, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) said yesterday.
You Can’t Test This is a grassroots initiative established at the NUT conference this year to encourage teachers to teach topics and activities that would not be assessed by any sort of exam.
This widens pupils’ understanding of subjects such as maths and literature by linking them to real-life activities and situations, explained NUT junior vice-president Kiri Tunks.
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