importantly, is that all students are treated fairly and consistently with one another, that they have the same opportunity to demonstrate what they ve learned. and that s what an exam system does. the fairest means of assessing people is by continuous assessment, and the only way that can be done properly is if teachers are taught how to assess. the pandemic has meant it s been a year of uncertainty, but how the exams will look in years to come is farfrom clear. simon jones, bbc news. let s talk to our political correspondent adam fleming. the government is under quite a lot of pressure now from all sides to try to work out how to change this, for next year and beyond. home try to work out how to change this, for next year and beyond. now there is a big battle for next year and beyond. now there is a big battle about for next year and beyond. now there is a big battle about how for next year and beyond. now there is a big battle about how to - for next year and beyond. now there
correspondent adam fleming. good morning. there is pressure on the government to look at the system, isn t there? the government to look at the system, isn t there? there are two issues that system, isn t there? there are two issues that have system, isn t there? there are two issues that have emerged - system, isn t there? there are two issues that have emerged from - system, isn t there? there are two| issues that have emerged from this year set of results that we got yesterday, the first one is that they are out of work compared with previous years with lots of a and a s, and it all is also out of whack because private and independent schools have given out more a and a s compared to people from other backgrounds. it s not clear what could be done about this year other than individuals can make appeals to the individual marks but that doesn t really affect the system overall. the big question is, what does the uk do for its exam system next year? it s notjust pupils sitting the
for students from all backgrounds, and the relative increase of the proportion of top marks compared with last year is no higher in independent schools than in other schools. but the government may now consider changes over concerns about grade inflation. one possible idea is replacing the a e system with the numbers 9 to 1. there s also debate about how next year s exams should be run. what we want from a national examination system, most importantly, is that all students are treated fairly and consistently with one another, that they have the same opportunity to demonstrate what they ve learned. and that s what an exam system does. the fairest means of assessing people is by continuous assessment, and the only way that can be done properly is if teachers are taught how to assess. the pandemic has meant it s been a year of uncertainty, but how the exams will look in years to come is farfrom clear. simon jones, bbc news. let s talk to our political
the latest government coronavirus figures show there were 29,612 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, which means on average there were a little over 28,000 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 6,000 people are in hospital with coronavirus. 104 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, which means an average of 87 deaths a day in the last week. 89% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab and just short of a0 million people have had both jabs 76% of adults. teaching unions are warning minisiters not to rush into an overhaul of the a level exam system after a second year of teacher assessed results showed another rise in the number of students getting the top grades. but with the results exposing
worry. this is to do with the differential worry. this is to do with the differential experience - worry. this is to do with the differential experience that | worry. this is to do with the i differential experience that our young people have had. since the pandemic began, there s always been an equity gap in this country, but during the pandemic, some of our youngsters had access to digital resources. they were able to learn online uninterrupted. 0thers resources. they were able to learn online uninterrupted. others had a much more difficult time. that s in the results. there were geographical differences. of course the independent sector, there is a real stark difference here, and i suspect this is to do with the resources young people have in those schools. 0nline teaching would ve been seamless. the resources they have at home would have been better. it really speaks to the unequal society we have. ., ,, ., , really speaks to the unequal society wehave. ,, ., , we have. you re