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What the Dickens! Pupils are awarded English A-levels without studying Bronte, Austen et al.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20050423
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Byline: SARAH HARRIS

TEACHERS have accused examiners of dumbing down English qualifications by ignoring literary giants such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Emily Bronte.

The country's largest exam board, the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, does not require GCSEs and A-level pupils to read the 19th century classics.

Teachers and academics have accused the AQA of patronising children by concentrating on 20th century authors instead. The most popular GCSE English Literature exam, which was sat by more than 400,000 pupils last year, offers questions on eight ...

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