§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of students sitting the A-level examination in physics obtained passes at A, B and C grades(a) in 1976 and (b) in 1996. [2438]
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§ Mrs. GillanThe percentage of students obtaining passes at grades A, B and C in GCE A-level physics syllabuses examined in 1976 were 9.5 per cent., 13.3 per cent. and 12.5 per cent. respectively. The corresponding figures for the syllabuses examined in 1996 were 20.6 per cent., 19.1 per cent. and 17.9 per cent.
§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will calculate the number of questions, accounting for what percentage of the marks, a candidate prepared for the 1976 A-level examination in physics could have answered in the 1996 examination; [2435]
(2) if she will calculate the number of questions, accounting for what percentage of marks, a candidate prepared for the 1976 0-level examination in physics could have answered in the 1996 GCSE examination; [2436]
(3) if she will calculate the number of questions, accounting for what percentage of marks, a candidate prepared for the 1996 A-level examination in physics could have answered in the 1976 examination. [2437]
§ Mrs. GillanThe examination boards have always offered a range of physics syllabus at GCE A-level, GCE 0-level and, since 1986, GCSE. It is therefore not possible to calculate the precise number of questions common to physics examinations in 1976 and 1996.