§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on how the percentage of entrants who succeed at A levels and O levels set by the Welsh Joint Education Committee compare with those who enter for examinations set by other boards.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation from the 1986 summer examinations, as supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee, is as follows:
WJEC subject entries per cent. Borrowed papers and project examinations1 per cent. 'A' level2 73.2 66.4 '0' level3 58.1 58.2 1Examination papers, set by examination boards other than the WJEC, borrowed by the WJEC for candidates in Wales. These figures exclude entries made directly by some examination centres in Wales to examination boards other than the WJEC—information on which is not centrally available. 2Percentage of subject entries achieving grade E or above. 3Percentage of subject entries, excluding Common Syllabus entries, achieving grade C or above.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many entrants for O and A-level examinations 759W in each year since 1979 in Welsh schools have sat Welsh Joint Education Committee papers; and how many have sat papers set by each of the English examination boards.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe available information on subject entries in the summer of each year, as supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee, is as follows:
WJEC subject entries Borrowed papers and project examinations1 'O' level and Common Syllabus 'A' level 'O' level 'A' level 19792 155,653 19,707 — — 19802 161,168 20,135 — — 1981 168,908 21,282 2,444 862 1982 170,789 22,536 2,477 784 1983 174,640 23,635 2,645 829 1984 177,257 23,283 2,738 828 1985 174,652 23,142 2,947 796 1986 188,463 23,209 2,986 747 1Examination papers, set by examination boards other than the WJEC, borrowed by the WJEC for candidates in Wales. These figures exclude entries by some examination centres in Wales made directly to examination boards other than the WJEC—information on which is not centrally available. 2Separate figures for borrowed papers are not available; they are included under WJEC subject entries.