canada, that was hosted here in poland last month, and it raised more than £9 billion from donations for humanitarian aid to ukraine. adam easton, in warsaw, thank you very much indeed, thank you. england s exams regulator, quual, will explore the use of online testing as part of its plans for the next three years. the move could be the first step on the path towards online gcses and a levels and the potential introduction of adaptive testing, where simpler foundation tier papers are offered to those candidates thought unable to attain high grades. lets now speak with geoff barton, the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what do you make of this proposal? i news. what do you make of this ro osal? ~ , , proposal? i think it is refreshing and lona proposal? i think it is refreshing and long overdue. proposal? i think it is refreshing and long overdue. i proposal? i think it is refreshing and long overdue. ithi
where essentially you are getting the same paper in the same examination hall marks by the same examiner. this actually would start to do something thatjudges you in a more humane way. so for example, this summer, in gcses, one third of young people will get a grade three, two or one in the gcse marking system, which goes from nine to one, and a grade three will be deemed not to be a pass. those young people will feel they are failures. if we can start putting exams in perspective, that you are notjust going to be defined by what you do any exam, but you can bring the other skills and attributes that you have gained during your time and education, and digital technology can store that as well as being able tojudge can store that as well as being able to judge how you can store that as well as being able tojudge how you have done in maths or english, that would see my breakthrough, and it would mean education was giving a real sense of people s potential, theirfull ability, ratherthan p
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