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11/01/2002
Last year’s GCSE grade errors remain unexplained
Mystery still surrounds the reason for almost 1,000 pupils getting the wrong GCSE home economics results last August.
A report undertaken by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) into the mix up said they could not identify precisely how the problem arose.
The Education Minister, Martin McGuinness and the Assembly Education Committee received the final report by the CCEA on the grading errors on Thursday January 10.
Commenting on the report Mr McGuinness said: “I have followed closely developments throughout this investigation, and am confident that it has been carried out in a meticulous manner. The investigation has revealed control weaknesses in the processing of examination results and a number of recommendations have been made to address these.”
The Minister said that it was “imperative that the lessons learned from this incident are implemented and the importance of robust computer systems is recognised”. He added: “I am confident CCEA will take the steps necessary before the next series of examinations to ensure that the distress caused to pupils, parents and teaching staff, will not be repeated.” (AMcE)
A report undertaken by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) into the mix up said they could not identify precisely how the problem arose.
The Education Minister, Martin McGuinness and the Assembly Education Committee received the final report by the CCEA on the grading errors on Thursday January 10.
Commenting on the report Mr McGuinness said: “I have followed closely developments throughout this investigation, and am confident that it has been carried out in a meticulous manner. The investigation has revealed control weaknesses in the processing of examination results and a number of recommendations have been made to address these.”
The Minister said that it was “imperative that the lessons learned from this incident are implemented and the importance of robust computer systems is recognised”. He added: “I am confident CCEA will take the steps necessary before the next series of examinations to ensure that the distress caused to pupils, parents and teaching staff, will not be repeated.” (AMcE)
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