| you know what is the purpose of GCSE? Actually, | | | | teacher rates your quizzes, exams or projects, they |
| universities from other countries rather than England, | | | | will give you grades from A to F. The same thing goes |
| Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have no such | | | | to GCSE. Most employers are after those people |
| thing as this term. General Certificate of Secondary | | | | whose average is at A. For those who are not |
| Education, as it's a long word, is an academic | | | | qualified on the examinations, better luck next time. |
| qualification which they award on a specified subject | | | | There is also what we call a coursework. Actually, |
| that was generally taken from different subjects from | | | | GCSE coursework can contribute anything from ten to |
| ages 14 to 16. These were normally implemented in | | | | sixty percent of a student's final grade. The purpose |
| limited countries like Northern Ireland, UK, Wales, | | | | of it is to let these students experience how stressful it |
| Scotland and England. Students have an option to take | | | | is to take this course. This is for students who can |
| one or more GCSE before or after they finished | | | | take practical subjects such as music, art, ICT and |
| secondary education. In any point of view, people can | | | | design. At the end of the student's 11th year of study, |
| apply for GCSE's either internally or externally through | | | | there are some series of modular examinations that |
| an institution. But why is it that we need to have this | | | | he needs to take up through the course, or they can |
| type of course? | | | | improve their grades while deciding to take modular |
| General Certificate of Secondary Education gives | | | | examinations later on. The upside of GCSE |
| quality benefits for students in secondary education, | | | | coursework is to help ease stress for the students in |
| which may be combined with other qualifications in | | | | taking examinations. But if they undertake their course |
| their area such as Diploma in Digital Applications (DiDA) | | | | with some diligence and skills, it may give them a |
| and Business and Technology Education Council | | | | twenty percent chance to achieve their grade, but only |
| (BTEC). Their education to GCSE level are required | | | | if they can handle lots of work, including huge ones like |
| more often to students who are studying GCE | | | | to write dissertation. Coursework is actually completed |
| advanced level or International Baccalaureate. The | | | | on the outside of the lessons, but the main concern is |
| Conservative Party government, who replaced the | | | | cheating. There are lots of students who love to cheat |
| GCE ordinary level and the Certificate of Secondary | | | | in any form, because they are lazy to study because |
| Education (CSE) are making it as compulsory to many | | | | of a stressful course like this which instructors must |
| students who are taking up exit examinations in the | | | | keep an eye on them. Overall, this course is pretty |
| late 80's. They are part of the National Qualifications | | | | worth to try because when they use it in the near |
| Framework which they're being categorized to their | | | | future, more benefits will arrive to them through GCSE. |
| respective level. It is very common that when your | | | | |