Baroness Blatch on Government education guidelines

Title

Baroness Blatch on Government education guidelines

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Aug 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Paul Rowley interviews Education Minister, Baroness Blatch (Emily May Blatch) on new Government guidelines which will mean that secondary schoolchildren who make spelling mistakes will be penalised. GCSE pupils will lose marks if they make errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation in their coursework. Previously the skills were only tested in exams. Blatch says the educational basics need to be improved.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; Emily Blatch

Keywords

Government; Education; Schools; Cabinet ministers; Academic standards; Secondary school curriculum; Student evaluation; Grammar; Spelling

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