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What better time than now to scrap outdated GCSEs for good?
The point of GCSEs is to force a fake market system onto schools, creating an educational straitjacket for teachers and pupils alike, says ROBERT POOLE
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ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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THE Covid-19 crisis has meant that this year, out of necessity, GCSE exams have been abandoned in favour of teacher assessment.
There has been a reluctant admission that teachers do in fact know the capability of their pupils and can be trusted to grade them.
Current Year 10 pupils will have missed months of their education so far with more disruption expected.
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