Education minister tenders her resignation

EDUCATION minister Carol Steere has offered her resignation in the wake of her handling of the GCSE saga.

Deputy Steere (pictured) announced in the States this morning that she wanted her resignation to be debated by the Assembly at the earliest opportunity – which is likely to be mid-October.

The department was forced to reveal on Wednesday the High Schools' GCSE pass rates at A* to C including English and Maths having consistently refusing to do so.

It showed that La Mare de Carteret's provisional results for this year were 12%, something which led to public calls for her resignation.

• More on this story in Saturday's Guernsey Press