HC Deb 12 May 1976 vol 911 cc176-7W
Mr. Wakeham

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will ask the Schools Council Working Party to make an evaluation of the existing European studies courses in British schools and the rôle such courses should have in schools' curricula;

(2) if he will ask the Schools Council Working Party to publish a report on the current position of European studies in British Schools including the place of these studies in examination syllabuses, both CSE and GCE at first and second school examination level.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The Schools Council, whose interests are confined to England and Wales, decides its own priorities for curriculum research and development. I understand, however, that it has before it two proposals related to European studies. The council does not judge work done in individual schools.

Two GCE examining boards set O-level examinations in European studies. Twelve CSE boards administer Mode III examinations and one CSE board sets a Mode I examination. There are no examinations at GCE A-level.

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