We urge our pupils to be efficient!
By chance it happens that I have a new pupil this week-end - someone sitting Edexcel Business Studies Units 3 & 4.
I have not taught Edexcel for some time so I needed to look at the syllabus. I went to the Edexcel site: www.edexcel.org.uk and the ONLY syllabus NOT there was the one for Business Studies.
I telephoned Edexcel and was asked my centre number...
Edexcel: What is your centre number?
Me: I am not a centre. Please may I have the syllabus for Business Studies?
Edexcel: Are you an Examiner?
Me: No. Please may I have the syllabus for Business Studies - the link does not work.
Edexcel: Are you a private tutor?
Me: Yes. look, I have been to your website and I just need to know the syllabus please?
Edexcel: The syllabus has to be bought. There are no syllabuses available online - that's why I wanted the Centre Number. If you're not a centre then you have to buy the syllabus.
Me: There are syllabuses online for everything except Business Studies.
Edexcel: No, you have to buy the syllabus.
Me: I have just said that the syllabuses are online except for Business Studies.
Edexcel: That's why - as you are not a centre you have to buy it.
Me: So why just Business Studies then - why not for the rest of the syllabuses?
Edexcel: The other syllabuses have to be bought too
Me: But they are online!
Edexcel: Are they? I will go and have a look
Me: Look, please may I have the syllabus for Business Studies?
The guy then gave me the code and I downloaded the syllabus.
(The link has now been mended, BTW)
I saw in the syllabus that Unit 3 is to be examined by a pre-released Case Study.
I went back to the Edexcel site and...no pre-released case study there except for Unit 1.
The syllabus says it is the same case study for Units 1, 2 and 3
So I went back to the case study and...it says it is available for Unit 1 only. But the syllabus says:
"Students will use a pre-seen case study, common to Units 1, 2 and 3, to answer 2 structured questions. All questions are compulsory."
So I thought I'd better check the exam timetable: http://www.edexcel.org.uk/quals/gce/business/as/8076/ri/timetables/
Yep - up to date - May/June 2005.
Why do we even bother to tell our pupils to be efficient?
Chris Sivewright
posted by Duncan Williamson @ 7:47 PM
1 Comments:
Is this an Ian Marcouse top tip for making loads of money?
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home