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From: Jeni Shackley
Category: the curriculum
Date: 05/09/02
Time: 17:56:48
Remote Name: 62.64.233.175
Has anyone else heard that last years AS students will have to study new texts for the unit 2 exam if they want to resit in January? This is because they've changed the texts for the current AS students and are not going to print a resit paper for those who took it in June. I am not happy as I believe that this is fundamentally unfair on the students that every other year will be affected by this change over. Last year's students were able to resit unit 2 without having to read new texts and next years students will be able to do so too but this year's cannot! This surely goes against what was sold to us as the idea of the new post 16 system and puts these students at a disadvantage. They are no longer going to be on a level playing field when it comes to university entry etc. Colleagues need to be aware of this as it would be very easy to slip up and enter students for the resit without realising. I for one am disgusted with what increasingly seems like a lack of concern for the students demonstrated by AQA and will be considering changing boards (after their useless administration!!). I am also going to write a letter of complaint to the board outlining the disadvantage that this will cause for the students involved (particularly dual linguists!!) I would urge anyone else who feels that this system of "you can resit if you took your AS in an odd year" is as ridiculous as I do to complain as well. I don't hold much hope of being listened to by the supreme being of the AQA but we can but try!!