Let's split from England on secondary education
GUERNSEY plans to turn its back on the English secondary education system.
That would be for an interim period of three years while the department watches how curriculum changes there impact on students.
During that time, local students would be able to choose GCSEs and AS/A-levels from Northern Ireland and Wales, which would be broadly similar to those on offer now, as well as opting for international qualifications known as iGCSEs.
Both Education minister Robert Sillars and director of education Alan Brown indicated they were opposed to the changes being introduced in England, which they believed would disadvantage a significant number of the island's students.
'England is making a big change in reality, but of course there is also a general election coming up,' Deputy Sillars said.
'We don't believe it is going in the right way.
