Ofsted says it could resort to penalisation as Department for Education examines GCSE in karaoke’ and other ‘shortcuts’Schools that push pupils into taking “GCSEs in karaoke” and courses in word processing in an attempt to boost their league table positions are to face renewed scrutiny from the Department for Education and Ofsted inspectors.
The DfE said it was looking closely at GCSE-equivalent qualifications such as the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), which can be taught in as slight as three days but is equivalent in the DfE’s league tables to a two-year GCSE such as history.
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Source: theguardian.com