So there has been an increase - yet again - in the amount of students passing their A levels.
While this is obviously great for the students themselves it’s must prove to be a nightmare for employers and further education institutions.
Maybe I’m wrong here - and I don’t mind being corrected - but I thought the whole point of examinations was to rank people with respect to a selecting the best students.
When I took my A levels the grades were handed out in percentage blocks - the top 10% of the LEA got a grade A, the next 15% got a grade B and so on. What this meant that no matter how easy or difficult a paper it was only the top 10% of the year got an A grade. This meant that an A grade percentage was anything between 65 and 75%.
Why has this changed? How can a university or an employer select the best candidates for interview when more and more people seem to be obtaining a top grade?
IMO: It’s NUTS!
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