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How many GCSEs?

Arran Cameron
At a meeting of parents it was mentioned that back when they were at secondary school it was common to take only 8 or 9 subjects for GCSE whereas in more recent years students often take 12 or 13 GCSEs.


How many GCSEs do you think is sufficient and appropriate for a career in engineering and how many is overkill?
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    There have been debates amongst parents about whether it's better to have good grades in a smaller number of GCSE subjects that are relevant for a future career or whether employers prefer a larger number of subjects, including those of marginal relevance, on the basis of wanting rounded people, or those who can use the other side of their brain, or just sheer credentialism.


    Discussions have ventured into questions whether certain GCSE subjects that are not very popular - including business studies, economics, electronics, classical civilisation, statistics, astronomy, and psychology - can be very beneficial in terms of knowledge even though they are not highly rated or valued by higher education and employers like traditional subjects are. It was also pointed out that although it's common for students to take 12 or 13 GCSEs the subjects taken by one student are more often than not almost the same of the subjects taken by other students both in their school and other schools, resulting in identikit school leavers.
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    There have been debates amongst parents about whether it's better to have good grades in a smaller number of GCSE subjects that are relevant for a future career or whether employers prefer a larger number of subjects, including those of marginal relevance, on the basis of wanting rounded people, or those who can use the other side of their brain, or just sheer credentialism.


    Discussions have ventured into questions whether certain GCSE subjects that are not very popular - including business studies, economics, electronics, classical civilisation, statistics, astronomy, and psychology - can be very beneficial in terms of knowledge even though they are not highly rated or valued by higher education and employers like traditional subjects are. It was also pointed out that although it's common for students to take 12 or 13 GCSEs the subjects taken by one student are more often than not almost the same of the subjects taken by other students both in their school and other schools, resulting in identikit school leavers.
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