Aug312017

News story: Review of exam setting processes

HM Government

Ofqual will conduct a review of the rules under which serving teachers take part in writing and reviewing question papers, and the safeguards in place to prevent disclosure of confidential information.

The involvement of serving teachers in the process of exam setting has many benefits and exam malpractice by teachers is rare. However, access to live materials must be appropriately controlled and risks to security minimised. We will investigate whether the safeguards in place are sufficiently robust and whether changes are needed.

We will provide a progress update in our ‘Summer Report’ to be published later this year.

Aug312017

After three rounds of negotiations real progress should have been made – Keir Starmer

Labour

Keir Starmer MP, Labour’s Shadow
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, commenting on David Davis and
Michel Barnier’s joint press conference, said:

“After three rounds of
negotiations, real progress should have been made and in principle agreements
reached on all phase one issues. Instead, the two sides appear to be getting
further apart. 

"The
risk of not reaching the October deadline to move on to the main negotiations
is now very real; which increases the risk of Britain leaving with “no deal” in
March 2019.

"No
deal would be the worst possible outcome for the British people.

"Both
sides need to redouble efforts and work together to reach a strong Article 50
deal and a close future partnership. If more negotiating sessions need to be
added between now and the October deadline, they should be. Substantive
progress and clear outcomes are urgently needed.”

Aug312017

Press Communique

India

The ordnance factories under the administrative control of the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence are managed by the officers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS), which is an organized Group ‘A’ Central Service.