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Toby Young
Wednesday 21st December 2011

If exam boards feel it necessary to spoon feed children the answers to GCSE ICT questions there really is no hope left for this country


The truly extraordinary thing about the latest exam board scandal is that the board in question felt it necessary to help children cheat. That is to say, the WJCE thought the questions it was setting in its GCSE exam in Information and Computer Technology were so difficult that children would only be able to cope if the answers were provided to their teachers in advance. Here are some examples of these questions, taken from actual examination papers in GCSE ICT (To read more, click here):

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