August 11, 2003
Tories fail exam test
In a rush. Quota posting. Guardian report of Tories proposing new national committee to sort out mess caused by previous national committees. They are dumb.
The Conservative party today set out how they would reform the exam system - including plans to give the exams watchdog full independence from the government - to restore confidence after last year's grading fiasco.
The shadow education secretary, Damian Green, said that the exam system needed simplifying, AS-levels should be scrapped and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) should be given more independence.
And if the QCA did something they didn't like, or created another mess? What then? Another committee?
Damien, go and stand in the corner, and think about what you've said.
When nationalisation is a mess, the answer is less of it, not more.
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