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Top GCSE pupils fail at maths and English
By Richard Garner, Education Editor
Published: 08 April 2006
As many as 70,000 students obtained five top-grade GCSE passes last year without mastering maths and English, new figures reveal.
They show a worrying growth in the percentage of 16-year-olds who obtain the benchmark five A* to C grade passes but miss out in the two basic subjects.
Leaders of the Confederation of British Industry have warned that the education system is "failing to deliver the right basic skills".
Top GCSE pupils fail at maths and English
By Richard Garner, Education Editor
Published: 08 April 2006
As many as 70,000 students obtained five top-grade GCSE passes last year without mastering maths and English, new figures reveal.
They show a worrying growth in the percentage of 16-year-olds who obtain the benchmark five A* to C grade passes but miss out in the two basic subjects.
Leaders of the Confederation of British Industry have warned that the education system is "failing to deliver the right basic skills".
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