PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Languages (4 September 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June to Question 3853, when the consultation on the future of community languages will be launched.
Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Answer
The Department for Education is currently in discussion with awarding organisations, Ofqual and others, including foreign embassies, to consider how best to maintain as wide a range of languages as possible at GCSE and A level. We are continuing to develop proposals to achieve this and will hold a more formal, public consultation in due course. I announced on 22 July 2015 that to avoid any gap in provision in certain languages we will, where necessary, extend the timetable for awarding organisations to continue with existing qualifications until September 2018.
Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
9 September 2015
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