Exams ‘should not be made up of multiple choice questions’
Schools should not replace "proper serious questions" with multiple choice versions in exams, according to experts from a latest campaign.
Nick Seaton, chairman of The Campaign for Real Education, which aims to press for higher standards in state education, suggested that although multiple choice questions are suitable in some circumstances, longer and more analytical questions are needed to boost faith in the curriculum's system.
"People have lost confidence in the system. It obviously needs a radical overhaul," Mr Seaton commented.
"But proper serious questions and exam questions are needed if people are to have confidence in the system."
He said that multiple choice questions give pupils a higher chance of getting questions right and so do not require much effort or comprehensive thought.
According to a recent report by the Sunday Telegraph, many students average grades dropped this year after the influx of educational strikes and protests.
