Must be why Private school pupils sit unregulated GCSEs ... Archived Message Posted by Ken Waldron on September 2, 2019, 2:57 pm, in reply to "Cummings believes the rich have better genes ( are a Master race?)" ...and Uni's accept them as the real thing. Its just so demeaning to make the little Alpha dears do something so dreary as "proving" their superiority...when we can instead play the system and cheat them through... quelle surprise! ‘Easier’ exams offered by private schools smooth pupils’ entry to top universities Russell Group members admit they treat less-rigorous IGCSEs the same as new, harder GCSEs Jones/PA Top universities are giving privately educated children an unfair advantage by not differentiating between the rigorous GCSEs compulsory in the state system and less demanding exams taken in many fee-paying schools, MPs and educationists have said. Just days after GCSE results day last Thursday, Freedom of Information (FoI) requests by Labour MP Lucy Powell show that almost all Russell Group universities treat the two types of exam – the regulated GCSEs used in the state system, and IGCSEs, which the government admits do not meet the same high standards – as exact equivalents in admission processes. This weekend, Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP who chairs the Commons education select committee, said it was extraordinary that state school pupils were taking harder exams than their private school counterparts, and that these qualifications were then treated as the same by universities. “The priority has to be a level playing field,” Halfon said. “I find it extraordinary that … pupils in private schools, who start with many advantages, are then able to take inferior exams. Everyone should have the chance to climb the education ladder, without unfair advantage to those in private schools.” Responding to FoIs requests from Powell, only Cambridge University among the 24 Russell Group universities said it did not take exam results at key stage 4 (14-16 years) into account when deciding which students to admit. The other 23 said they did take them into account and made no distinction between the two. Powell, a former shadow education secretary, called on the government to act to ensure state school pupils were no longer disadvantaged in the race for places at top universities. She said: “It’s an absolute scandal that it is easier to get top grades in IGCSEs than in the new GCSEs, yet universities essentially class them as the same... More here: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/aug/24/private-schools-igcse-exams-easier-gcse-university-admissions Message Thread: Cummings believes the rich have better genes ( are a Master race?) - Iain September 2, 2019, 12:20 am Re: Cummings believes the rich have better genes ( are a Master race?) - Sinister Burt September 2, 2019, 7:41 am Social-Darwinism - Gerard September 2, 2019, 12:02 pm Re: Social-Darwinism - Gerard September 2, 2019, 1:35 pm "Von" Brauns of-course... nm - Gerard September 2, 2019, 7:29 pm Great one, SB. Nm - Shyaku September 3, 2019, 12:16 pm I expect that's why their privileges are encircled by private laws, - Keith-264 September 2, 2019, 9:27 am Re: Cummings believes the rich have better genes ( are a Master race?) - johnlilburne September 2, 2019, 12:12 pm Must be why Private school pupils sit unregulated GCSEs ... - Ken Waldron September 2, 2019, 2:57 pm Dominic Cummings on Education - George Brennan September 2, 2019, 3:37 pm Re: Dominic Cummings on Education - Ken Waldron September 2, 2019, 5:42 pm Re: Dominic Cummings on Education - Shyaku September 3, 2019, 12:24 pm Report him to "Prevent'. (See thread below). Nm - Shyaku September 3, 2019, 12:15 pm   Searching