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- From: pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,soc.culture.british
- Subject: Re: THE COMPLETE BRITISH TO AMERICAN DICTIONARY
- Message-ID: <PD.92Sep10130247@herts.x.co.uk>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 13:02:47 GMT
- References: <1992Sep2.161050.6838@cm.cf.ac.uk> <0iNLqB8w164w@kryton.UUCP>
- <1992Sep7.141439.8697@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Sender: paul@x.co.uk (Paul Davey)
- Organization: IXI Ltd.
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- In-Reply-To: susher@vax.oxford.ac.uk's message of 7 Sep 92 13:14:39 GMT
-
- >>>>> On 7 Sep 92 13:14:39 GMT, susher@vax.oxford.ac.uk said:
-
- -> Before 1988 there were three levels of examination:-
-
- -> CSE
- -> 'O' level (and the sub-class 'AO' level)
- -> and 'A' level
-
- -> The initials stood for Certificate of Secondary Education, Ordinary Level,
- -> Alternative Ordinary Level and Advanced Level.
-
- I thought an AO was Additional - but who knows - they are quite
- obscure (I have one in French with Literature).
-
- A couple of things Steve left out:
-
- The full title of O, AO and A levels was GCE O-level (GCE = General
- Certificate of Education).
-
- CSE's were for generally for students of lower ability - a CSE grade 1
- was equivalent to a C grade at O-level.
-
- An O level ``pass'' was grade C or above (Grades D and E, were not
- technically fails - but no employer would accept them).
-
- -> As of 1988 the CSE and 'O' level exams were combined into the GCSE, General
- -> Certificate of Secondary Education.
-
- -> As a rule, CSE's, 'O' levels and GCSE's are taken at the age of 16 and 'A'
- -> levels at 18 after a further 2 years study in the Sixth form.
-
-
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