UK Covid-19: Gavin Williamson's post-lockdown education blueprint revealed

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisted there will be 'meaningful checks' and 'quality assurance', with scope for appeals by students. In a Commons statement, Mr Williamson said there was no intention of using a computerised standardisation process - something that was disastrously tried and abandoned last year. Instead teachers will be given training on guidance on how to be as 'consistent as possible', with 'random sampling' of results from schools and colleges. 'Grades will be awarded on the basis of the teacher's judgement and will only be changed by human intervention,' he told MPs. But the plans have already come under heavy fire. Sir Jon Coles, a former director general at the Department for Education (DfE) apparently resigned from the Ofqual committee advising on exams last month, and is now accusing the Government of risking an outcome 'much worse than last year'. Experts warned that the new emphasis on 'trusting teachers' completely with determining results risked jeopardising the credibility of the qualifications and could lead to soaring grades with little consistency. Tory MP Robert Halfon, who chairs the Commons Education Committee, said inflated marks were 'baked in' and the system will be like the 'Wild West'. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news... Daily Mail Facebook:   / dailymail   Daily Mail IG:   / dailymail   Daily Mail Snap:   / 8392137033   Daily Mail Twitter:   / mailonline   Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile