The coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary
‘The coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary.’ (45)
It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken, calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove, former coalition education secretary, made many drastic changes to the education systems including ending modular exams, the reform of the GCSE grading system and preventing the manipulation of league tables. This essay will ultimately argue that yes the reforms are in fact desirable but are not entirely necessary.
The most significant change brought into place by Michael Gove under the coalition government is the reformation of the GCSE grading system, replacing the current A*-G scheme with a 1-9 grading system, 9 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. The ideology behind this change is that the top grades will be reserved for the most elite students in the country allowing for the strongest candidates to be identified and the competition and determination to attain the grade 9 to grow. It is said that the current 4.5% of the country who received an A* in Maths last year, only 2.7% of them would receive a grade 9. This would allow the country to compete with other countries, such as China, Finland and South Korea who have the strongest education systems globally. The current grades have been criticised to be too umbrella like and vague. The new grading system will eliminate this worry, proving the changes to the system to be desirable. Chief executive Glenys Stacey said the reforms would “restore public confidence in GCSEs, after years of concern over numbers of A grades, dumbed down content and repeated resits”. However, it cannot be ignored that the changes cause incredible problems within schools over the teaching of the examinations in order to
It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken, calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove, former coalition education secretary, made many drastic changes to the education systems including ending modular exams, the reform of the GCSE grading system and preventing the manipulation of league tables. This essay will ultimately argue that yes the reforms are in fact desirable but are not entirely necessary.
The most significant change brought into place by Michael Gove under the coalition government is the reformation of the GCSE grading system, replacing the current A*-G scheme with a 1-9 grading system, 9 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. The ideology behind this change is that the top grades will be reserved for the most elite students in the country allowing for the strongest candidates to be identified and the competition and determination to attain the grade 9 to grow. It is said that the current 4.5% of the country who received an A* in Maths last year, only 2.7% of them would receive a grade 9. This would allow the country to compete with other countries, such as China, Finland and South Korea who have the strongest education systems globally. The current grades have been criticised to be too umbrella like and vague. The new grading system will eliminate this worry, proving the changes to the system to be desirable. Chief executive Glenys Stacey said the reforms would “restore public confidence in GCSEs, after years of concern over numbers of A grades, dumbed down content and repeated resits”. However, it cannot be ignored that the changes cause incredible problems within schools over the teaching of the examinations in order to