This year s school assessments instead of exams in Wales are to start on February 22
Schools remain shut thanks to coronavirus and the date will be kept under review
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Internal assessments replacing next summer s cancelled exams in Wales are scheduled to start in schools on February 22.
Children home-schooling denied laptops by means testing
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Children without access to a laptop are being denied support for home-schooling by means testing, a charity says.
But Child Poverty Action Group in Wales said some schools were only offering help to children on free school meals.
The Welsh Government said it had distributed over 74,000 devices to local authorities and 58,000 more were expected within weeks.
Ellie Harwood from the charity told BBC Radio Wales: We ve been hearing that not everyone who needs these devices has been able to get them.
THE WELSH Government has provided further details of how the system put in place to replace examinations for general qualifications in 2021 will work. In November, when confirming there would be no end of year exams for learners taking GCSEs, AS levels or A levels next year, Education Minister Kirsty Williams said she would establish a Design and Delivery Advisory group that would support ‘wellbeing, fairness and progression’ for learners in 2021. The group, chaired by Geraint Rees and made up of head teachers and college leaders nominated by regional consortia, ColegauCymru and local authorities, has now presented its proposals to the Minister after working closely with both Qualifications Wales and WJEC.
Wales details how GCSEs and A-levels will work in summer 2021
Grades will be made up of external assessments and internal assessments
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More details have been released on how the grades will be attained (Image: PA)
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More details of how the system put in place to replace GCSE and A-level examinations in 2021 will work have been released.
Secondary schools, including Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, will move to online learning from Monday Secondary schools and colleges in Wales will move to online learning from Monday, December 14 as part of a ‘national effort to reduce transmission of coronavirus’, Education Minister Kirsty Williams confirmed today. The Minister made it clear that, thanks to the efforts of education staff across the country, schools and colleges are safe and secure environments, with almost half of all Welsh schools having had zero covid cases since September. However, it is also recognised that education settings being open can contribute to wider social mixing outside the school and college environment.