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a levels were introduced
GCE A-Level examination was first sat in 1951, on the premise that students took one or the other. Until 1953, A-Level exams were graded only as a pass or fail, at which point a "distinction" grade was introduced. -
o levels were introduced to education
The General Certificate of Education (GCE) is an academic qualification that examination boards in the United Kingdom and a few of the former British colonies or Commonwealth countries, notably Sri Lanka and Singapore, confer to students. The GCE traditionally comprised two levels: the Ordinary Level (O Level) and the Advanced Level (A Level). -
the cane (corpal punishment) was abolished
teachers want to bring back the cane
One supply teacher told researchers: "Children's behaviour is now absolutely outrageous in the majority of schools. I am a supply teacher, so I see very many schools and there are no sanctions. There are too many anger management people and their likewho give children the idea that it is their right to flounce out of lessons for time out because they have problems with their temper. They should be caned instead." -
english bacclaureate certificate introduced
In September 2012, Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education, announced plans to scrap GCSE exams for core subjects in England and to introduce a replacement qualification in 2015 called the English Baccalaureate Certificate
