No more fiddling with values?

Now here's a story which I personally welcome.

It appears that Ofqual - the new exams regulator - will have the power to decide what is the relative value of qualifications particularly in 14-19 rather than the Government.

This is almost certainly in response to the "easy" vocational qualifications which can be worth 4 GCSEs each yet be taught in the time it takes to teach 1 or 2. Of course it is bound to affect the score given to Diplomas but only if the Government try to stretch the qualifications to give them a higher rating than they deserve.

I would also argue that some quals (such as functional skills) appear to be much harder to pass - maybe they should be given more equivalence then?

Posted by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills www.guroo.info