Pupils face 'impossible' exam
Yesterday thousands of teenagers were forced to sit an 'impossible' exam after information booklets weren't supplied by AQA exam board administrators.
11,000 GCSE pupils were asked to sit a humanities examination without the vital booklet which should have been provided by the AQA. The booklet, which contained cartoons, extracts, and photographs, meant that several GCSE students will lose at least a third of the marks available. A teacher, who wished to remain anonymous, said the questions would have
been "absolutely impossible" without the sources.
The pupils had received a copy in February, but the annotated booklets were not allowed in the examination, and a fresh booklet was supposed to be handed out to each student.
An AQA spokesperson said, "An administrative error, but we don't know why it happened... We are trying to find out what happened but we admit it was a mistake."
Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Sarah Teather told us, "What happened today is disgraceful. Exam boards need to get their act together."
been "absolutely impossible" without the sources.
The pupils had received a copy in February, but the annotated booklets were not allowed in the examination, and a fresh booklet was supposed to be handed out to each student.
An AQA spokesperson said, "An administrative error, but we don't know why it happened... We are trying to find out what happened but we admit it was a mistake."
Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Sarah Teather told us, "What happened today is disgraceful. Exam boards need to get their act together."