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GCSEs are outdated. It’s time to ditch them | Letters

Readers respond to Sally Weale’s article about whether the exams taken in year 11 are still fit for purposeSally Weale cogently questions why we need to continue with the outdated GCSE examination, being the only country in Europe to have such an assessment (‘They are making young people ill’: is it time to scrap GCSEs?, 11 June). There are two additional reasons that support the case for abolition.First, the cost. GCSEs are a billion-pound-plus industry. Few people realise that, per student, we spend more on the exam entry than on providing resources to study the subject. Continue reading...

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