Written question asked by Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench) on Friday, 2 December 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 December 2016. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Monday, 12 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Archaeology: GCE A-level
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are having discussions with examination boards about the possible continuation of the Archaeology A-level.
- Answer
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Departmental officials have discussed this matter with the exam board and it is for individual boards to decide which qualifications to offer. It is disappointing that no board has come forward to develop a new A-level in archaeology for teaching from 2017.
The option for an exam board to develop qualifications in this subject in future will remain open. Archaeology A-level is not a pre-requisite for degree level study in the subject, and it is taken by a small number of students – 340 in 2015/16.
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- Written question
- Reference
- HL3777
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- Archaeology GCE A-level
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- 2016-12-12 17:08:56 +0000
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