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    Exam board to offer pupils on-screen English GCSEs by next summer

    by Eleanor Busby Jan 04, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    An exam board is offering pupils the chance to be assessed digitally in their GCSE English exams from next year.

    Pearson, which runs exam board Edexcel, is aiming for GCSE students to be able to sit on-screen exams in the core subject by summer 2025, if they choose to do so.

    Up to 125,000 students in the UK will have the option to take Edexcel’s GCSE English language and English literature exams on-screen for the first time.

    The exam board’s on-screen in English – which would be assessed in

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