44%
This is the national average proportion of 16 year olds who pass 5 GCSEs at grade c or above, including English and Maths. So the inevitable headlines in August, screaming about the 'dumbing down' of exams and record pass rates, are misleading. Still, 44% is pretty staggering. Are we a nation of idiots? How difficult is it really? (not very, surely). What is wrong with people, with parents, with schoolchildren, with teachers, with schools? It's such a low pass rate. Are people really as dumb as the statistic suggests? So it would seem, but you have to wonder......
This is the national average proportion of 16 year olds who pass 5 GCSEs at grade c or above, including English and Maths. So the inevitable headlines in August, screaming about the 'dumbing down' of exams and record pass rates, are misleading. Still, 44% is pretty staggering. Are we a nation of idiots? How difficult is it really? (not very, surely). What is wrong with people, with parents, with schoolchildren, with teachers, with schools? It's such a low pass rate. Are people really as dumb as the statistic suggests? So it would seem, but you have to wonder......
