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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour), on Wednesday, 10 February 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 51 members in total.

CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION IN WALES

That this House deplores the decision by the Welsh Office to phase out the Certificate of Education of the Welsh Joint Education Committee; notes that this is a move which is rejected by many headteachers, teachers, parents, pupils and educationalists in Wales; believes that this is a further attack upon the highly respected Welsh Joint Education Committee; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Wales to review his decision.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION IN WALES (1376A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Walter Sweeney (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 16 February 1993. It has been signed by 6 members in total.
leave out from first 'the' to end and add 'failure of the Opposition to appreciate the sound reasons behind the Government's decision, on the advice of the Schools Examination and Assessment Council, to phase out the Certificate of Education, thus enabling many more pupils in Wales to enter the new GCSE examination structure which will allow those who narrowly fail to achieve the minimum level for certification to be awarded a Level 3 and for lower achievers to be assessed by their teachers and their attainment recorded in their national record of achievement.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1376 
1376A1 
Session
1992-93
Subjects
Assessments Wales Welsh Joint Education Committee
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk