§ Mr. Sayeedasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to ensure that information about the GCSE is available to parents whose first language is not English.
§ Mrs. RumboldLeaflets for parents explaining the new GCSE are being issued this week by my Department in the following translations: Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujerati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. This is part of the continuing process of explaining the new examination to parents and employers.