Gove wants tougher exams

Michael Gove has set out his new objectives to make the education system better and more effective. He has called for an investigation into education, saying that the Labour Party has made getting good grades too easy and that a new system needs to be put in place. He has put forward promoting more traditional styled examinations where exams take most of the focus as opposed to the current system which integrates examinations with coursework.  He has also proposed that exams are done at the end of the academic year.  He believes that final year examinations should become much more challenging and it should be harder to achieve high grades. The aim of this change will be to help the most talented students to be recognised and to stand out from their peers.

Gove has taken these ideas further by questioning whether pupils are receiving the right type of education and whether it meets the needs of society. He is arguing that the focus needs to be brought back to the core elements of learning, such as Mathematics and Science. He wants there to be an education for students that gives them a solid foundation from which they can build their learning. Gove recently stated with regards to science education; “What [students] need is a rooting in the basic scientific principles, Newton's laws of thermodynamics and Boyle's law".  At Exam Central we are constantly adapting our resources and styles of teaching and learning to fit in with the National Curriculum.  Gove’s latest announcement will mean that it will become harder for students to achieve the top grades.  Exam Central and guide and support students to these top grades using a combination of coaching in subject content and exam skills.  For more information visit our website www.examcentral.co.uk.

(sources: Guardian and Telegraph)