Easier tests for the rich in the UK

Now why haven’t our private schools attempted this? I’m sure they give there VCE students lots of ‘support’ as it is. I know anacdotally that they already do a lot of work FOR their students. It’s why so many fail at uni when they’re not spoon fed!

This story in the Guardian from the UK 

The Labour party is demanding an inquiry into GCSE reforms that it says are putting state school pupils at a disadvantage by forcing them to sit harder exams than students in the private sector.

The Department for Education describes the reformed GCSEs, which started to be introduced last year, as “gold standard”. But official figures show that many independent schools are opting for internationally recognised GCSEs (IGCSEs), which are being phased out of state schools at the behest of the government because it considers them less robust.

The consequence, according to critics, is that private school pupils are being afforded an advantage over state school students in the race for university places.

 The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner MP, said: “We cannot have an education system with different rules for the privileged few. It is totally wrong that Tory reforms are putting state school pupils at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts who can afford a private education.

“We urgently need to get to the bottom of this situation. A full, root-and-branch review of Tory reforms to qualifications and their impact on pupils is needed.”