CBI backs triple science GCSE
Published Date:
12 August 2008
Bright children should automatically be entered for triple science at GCSE according to the UK's leading business group.
Triple science, covering physics, chemistry and biology, and worth three GCSEs, is currently taken by just 7% of 16-year-olds.
The rest take the less comprehensive double or single-GCSE combined science.
The CBI wants many more young people to fulfill their science potential by taking triple science.
They say it provides a better preparation for science at A-level, opens doors to new and exciting future career opportunities, and will help Britain prosper.
The Government has promised that from September students getting level six or above in their science SATs will be 'entitled' to study triple science - level five is the expected norm - but the CBI says extra steps must be taken.
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