Sentence examples for setting exams from inspiring English sources

"I still think it would be a very good idea to get Westminster and Whitehall out of the business of setting exams," he said.

Another motivation is understood to be civil service warnings that the decision to give single exam boards responsibility for setting exams in a particular core subject could counter EU rules on public service contracts.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU), created from the merger of the Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe last week, are still refusing to mark and some lecturers are not setting exams.

Creating a separation between those setting exams and those teaching them could help preserve the integrity of public exams, says a teachers' leader.

In Wales, there are plans for a substantial overhaul of the exam regulatory system, creating a single body which will be responsible for setting exams and maintaining standards.

"We need to ensure that senior teachers who take on the responsibility for setting exams are not placed in an impossible position, and the very few who may be tempted to give their pupils too much help cannot do so," Mr King said.

Senior examiners are responsible for setting exam questions, while chief examiners are responsible for the whole exam syllabus for exam boards.

Mr Cummings added: "More importantly, we stopped him corrupting the free school process and setting exam grades by improper interference, which particularly infuriated him.

The institute that sets exams across the City is expanding into China.

African schools teach toward set exams, which determine who passes and who leaves school.

WJEC is based in Wales, but it sets exams in England.