On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 09:18 +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > Ian Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nonMSschools/ > > Various LUGs are criticising the wording of this, but I think it's > broadly a good idea. There's also > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/gcserealcomp > which is more general but could still support FOSS in a big way: > > "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Expand the GCSE > curriculum to include a "real" computing skills course."
We already have a GCSE equivalent course/qualification that requires students to learn some HTML, take part in community projects and learn about Open Systems and FOSS. Since we are making headway in Malaysia and several EU countries partly helped by EU grants, rather than trying to change the government attitude to GCSE which is a minority IT qualification in English schools in any case, back the INGOTs from grass roots with viral marketing and we bypass GCSE and the politics altogether! -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
