GCSEs and A-levels are to be scrapped and replaced by a diploma that will aim to meet the needs of all pupils aged 14 to 19 whatever their abilities.
In the most sweeping education changes for more than 50 years, the diploma will require pupils to follow a "broadly common" programme, including "key skills" such as communication and teamworking.
Does this give the less academically gifted a fairer deal? Or will it downgrade the achievements of brighter pupils?
Why does Britain always have to re-invent the wheel. If the International Baccalurate is the model, why not adopt it in toto - it works! Brian Mee from Brazil
It's a joke surely. Students have to strive for goals, otherwise you will dumb down the standards. Students should be encouraged to stretch their minds/achievements as far as they can. The ones most surprised will be themselves! Rachel from USA
I feel that a general diploma merely recognizes that one achieved a basic eduational requirement. If a student has taken the the time and effort to achieve a higher level of education they should recognized accordingly. C. Hemmerick
Why should the 'less academically gifted' get a 'fairer' deal? I' am a UK citizen living in the USA, and it seems to me that 'the less academically gifted' pupils over here can achieve an enormous amount by a work ethic that is sadly lacking in the UK. Americans work harder, period, than their UK counterparts, take fewer holidays, moan less about their lot and generally, even from an early age, know that if they don't work hard at anything (particularly school) then the quality of their lives, even from the age of about 18 onwards, will suffer. Clive from USA
This programme only continues the Socialistic indoctrination of our young people. Please oppose this as much as you can! Socialism is a road to discouragement and failure, as history has shown. Jim Fred from USA
Definitely a bad idea & not fair on brighter children. Susan Wilson from USA