Exam board Pearson fined £2m for ‘serious’ breaches in standards
Ofqual issues fines over English proficiency test which some candidates sat at home, A-level Chinese and GCSE EnglishOne of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more...
By Jamie Grierson · The Guardian World
Ofqual issues fines over English proficiency test which some candidates sat at home, A-level Chinese and GCSE English One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students. Pearson, a FTSE 100 listed company, was hit by financial penalties of £750,000 for each of two cases and £505,000 for a third by Ofqual, the exams regulator. Continue reading...