Astonishing exam budget

I couldn't quite believe this when i saw it in the paper. The exam market for GCSE, A Level and vocational qualifications is worth £930million a year.

The number of qualifications has grown from just under 3,000 to nearly 10,000 in just 10 years as there is growing tendency to accredit just about everything as well.

But it's the value that gets me - £900million - WOW.