Unfortunate Cuts For Subjects To Apply The New Baccalaureate
Posted in College University on July 23rd, 2011 by TommyEducation has been one of the problems for countries all over as they try their best to fight illiteracy to help those that are already allowed to work to have better qualifications in the future. Improvements have been constantly suggested and made but every new policy always has a down-side to it.
The new English Baccalaureate has forced 4 out of 10 secondary schools to do cutbacks on their subjects to make sure that they are following the policy for their curriculum. It was said that drama, arts, religious education and information technology are being made redundant and that these subjects should be axed from their curriculum.
Furthermore, teenagers are now told to switch GSCE subjects during mid-years. This was suggested to help the schools do well on exam-league tables. The bad part is, youngsters are now even being enrolled to “twilight sessions” and that is usually after school to ensure top score in the new subject area which is a language GSCE.
Basically, the Government’s new English Baccalaureate is promising teenagers that they will be awarded a certificate if they achieve A* to C grades in math, English, languages, history or geography, or science. These are basically the subjects that are offered for the new Baccalaureate which gives less importance to other subjects unmentioned.
There is always a downside to any new guideline or curriculum and this can be focused mainly on the creativity of the children. Cutting back on drama and arts would give them lesser chances to express themselves making them unable to get to their creative sides and not be able to enhance their talents and skills. Although having great grades help, talents that are being concealed because of the lack of subjects to enhance them can promote poor education as well. The outcome of this is yet to be observed.