The DUP Education Minister, Mr Paul Givan, has announced changes to our examination system at GCSE and A-Level with first teaching in September 2029.  The main details are as follows: GCSE The two ...

Education Minister Paul Givan has announced A-Levels and GCSE reforms – with AS-Levels to be scrapped, a reduced volumes to learn, slashed coursework and more emphasis on end of year exams.

Today, organisations such as Unesco, the UN body for education, science and culture, are grappling with how schools and universities can respond to rising misinformation and declining trust in ...

AS-Levels are to be scrapped in Northern Ireland, but there will be changes to A-Levels to give pupils the option of taking ...

The changes for GCSE, AS and A-Level are part of wider reform of education, called TransformED, which includes reviews of the curriculum, assessment and qualifications in Northern Ireland. A review of ...

YOUNGSTERS taking maths and science GCSEs will no longer have to memorise equations and formulae. Education ministers sparked a row over “dumbing down” the curriculum as they confirmed the move ...

Ministers have confirmed GCSE pupils will not have to memorise formulae and equations for at least another four years, ...

The Government announced its plans for the revised curriculum last year, which include working to cut overall GCSE exam time by two-and-a-half to three hours for the average stude ...

Maths and science GCSE students will not have to memorise formulae and equations for their exams until at least 2030 under government plans.

Wrexham's GCSE results remain below the Wales average across key measures, councillors heard last week, in what education officers described as a "baseline" ...

DISGUSTED locals claim giant rats “as large as rabbits” roam their streets in one of Britain’s worst fly-tipping hotspots.