http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19620075
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Changes to the exam system for 16-year-olds in England will "give parents confidence" in the exams taken by their children, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Mr Clegg and Education Secretary Michael Gove are due to unveil the new GCSE exam regime.
From 2015, the current GCSEs are set to be replaced with what ministers claim will be a more rigorous system.
Assessment will be based on an O-level style single end-of-year exam.
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A leak during the exam season had claimed that GCSEs would be abolished and replaced with an O-level for the more able and a separate exam for pupils of a lower ability.
But this prompted a dispute within the coalition over introducing such a two-tier system - which seems to have been resolved so that there is a single exam for all ability levels.
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Can't see how that will work unless they stick to a foundation and an advanced level..and guess what, not many employees will even consider foundation level passes.
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Addressing the education select committee last week, Mr Gove suggested that an exam could be taken at different points between 16 and 18 years of age - allowing weaker pupils to catch up.
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Ah well that will keep the sixth form colleges going and keep the 16-18 year olds off the unemployment stats.
What happens if weaker students don't manage it by 18?
Where are the jobs that the lower third of each examination year during the GCE O-level pre CSE used to take up when they left school with no qualifications?
Gone abroad.Where are the industries that replaced them? Gone abroad.