ladyacademic Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I have a feeling that in the 60's, the GCE 'O' level was graded with numbers, 1-6 being deemed passes and 7-9 failures. That is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 That's interesting, ladyacademic and chairboy.... I took my 'O's in 66 or 67, and could have sworn that the above answers (i.e A through to U) were correct... You've got me thinking now.... When were CSE's phased in, I wonder? The two exam types overlapped by a few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 That's interesting, ladyacademic and chairboy.... I took my 'O's in 66 or 67, and could have sworn that the above answers (i.e A through to U) were correct... You've got me thinking now.... When were CSE's phased in, I wonder? The two exam types overlapped by a few years? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Secondary_Education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozy Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Well, I'm so sad I actually fished out my GCE O level certificate to see whether it was numbers or letters, only to find that they just gave them as passes! And that was in 1968 - makes you wonder why they bothered grading them, if they didn't put the grades on your certificate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I have a feeling that in the 60's, the GCE 'O' level was graded with numbers, 1-6 being deemed passes and 7-9 failures. I think those were CSEs, where a grade 1 was equivalent to an O Level grade C. CSEs ran concurrently with O Levels, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Well, I'm so sad I actually fished out my GCE O level certificate to see whether it was numbers or letters, only to find that they just gave them as passes! And that was in 1968 - makes you wonder why they bothered grading them, if they didn't put the grades on your certificate Can't confirm whether or not the grades were on certificates but when the results came out, they were on a postcard with the numbers alongside the subjects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyacademic Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Secondary_Education see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Education Changed from numbers to letters in 1975. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Education Changed from numbers to letters in 1975. Excellent. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I finished my main schooling towards the end of the old system and was lucky to achive O levels and CSE passes. O level passes were ABC and a cse grade 1 was regarded as almost equivalent to an o'level grade C but not quite the same status. Some of my teachers made a mess of my exam entries and I finished up being entered for CSEs which I would have more than likely achived O-level passes in but they were peripheral subjects anyhow, like music. So it didn't make much difference to my career options. I even paid extra to be entered for both CSE and O Level geography, and they completely messed it up and I finished up with no grade and my money back!. But being a demure schoolboy I was over-polite and thought it was my fault. In recent years at night school I have gained GCSE grade A and A level passes but it is difficult to campare the brain of a 15 year old schoolboy and a late 30s man with time and an ability to revise and prepare for exam after the training of further and higher education and a small amout of wisdom and maturity. When I was at school I didn't know how to revise at all and passed all my exams by "winging it" on the day. Apart from music, I passed my Tuba playing practical with one of the highest marks of the year in the city, but I think it must have been funny as well as a reasonable job! My pianio acompaniest messed up one of the repeats and I carried the whole show anyhow, and jammed through to the end, and the invidulator was unaware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 I finished my main schooling towards the end of the old system and was lucky to achive O levels and CSE passes. O level passes were ABC and a cse grade 1 was regarded as almost equivalent to an o'level grade C but not quite the same status. Some of my teachers made a mess of my exam entries and I finished up being entered for CSEs which I would have more than likely achived O-level passes in but they were peripheral subjects anyhow, like music. So it didn't make much difference to my career options. I even paid extra to be entered for both CSE and O Level geography, and they completely messed it up and I finished up with no grade and my money back!. But being a demure schoolboy I was over-polite and thought it was my fault. In recent years at night school I have gained GCSE grade A and A level passes but it is difficult to campare the brain of a 15 year old schoolboy and a late 30s man with time and an ability to revise and prepare for exam after the training of further and higher education and a small amout of wisdom and maturity. When I was at school I didn't know how to revise at all and passed all my exams by "winging it" on the day. Apart from music, I passed my Tuba playing practical with one of the highest marks of the year in the city, but I think it must have been funny as well as a reasonable job! My pianio acompaniest messed up one of the repeats and I carried the whole show anyhow, and jammed through to the end, and the invidulator was unaware. You jammed on a tuba?! Excellent! Now that's what I call talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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