New changes to GCSE 'will penalise dyslexic pupils'

plan to award points for spelling and grammar are unfair to people with learning difficulties, experts warn

ministers have been accused of discrimination against students with dyslexia, to announce plans to give 5% of marks in GCSE examinations in spelling, punctuation and grammar, as part of a campaign to improve communication skills.

dyslexia experts, educators and teachers unions say the new dialing rules, announced by the Ministry of Education last month penalized hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities and authentic spelling make it harder to reach target grades.

At the same time, groups of dyslexia have reported a growing concern and confusion among parents and students, who are concerned about the lack of trained staff in schools, which can help overcome disability and guide them on how to get extra time or other assistance in examinations.

In a white paper in 2010, the DEA said the government's determination to better equip youth for the labor market by putting more emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar in GCSE marking. He said: "When young people competing for jobs and enter the workplace, which should communicate accurately and effectively so we believe that changes in the last decade to eliminate the separate evaluation of spelling, punctuation and grammar GCSE plans of the brand were a mistake.

"We asked Ofqual [the Office for review and resolution of qualification] to give advice on how branded systems might be more in mind the importance of spelling, punctuation and grammar for examinations in all matters. "

announced last month that Ofqual GCSE courses in September, 5% of marks is awarded for spelling, punctuation and grammar in literature, geography, English, history and education religious.

• A spokesman for Ofqual has confirmed that no special exemption regime for marking dyslexic students. However, as was the case, a student with a statement of special educational needs can achieve up to 25% additional time for exams. This might also be available for a student with a recommendation supported by evidence from a qualified teacher or a psychologist. However, the process of achieving additional time is difficult for many students and parents, especially when expert help is at hand in schools.
A director of a comprehensive public school said the big change would mean that a student who had demonstrated good knowledge and understanding of, say, history - but it was spelled correctly problems because of dyslexia - he could end up with a rating worse than a good speller, who had done so well in matters of history.

Dr Kate Saunders, executive director of the British Dyslexia Association, said: "We are very concerned that these changes may penalize dyslexic people believe that discrimination is not dyslexic candidates for advantage, but only an equal .. in order to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Our ongoing efforts to improve the conditions have now fallen. "

In 2009 the then Labor government announced a package of 10 million pounds to train 4,000 teachers specializing in dyslexia in the next two years, after a review of services for children with difficulties Learning, published by education expert Sir Jim Rose. The BDA said that many of these specially trained teachers are laid off. He also had its government funding of £ 107,000 per year for an online help for the withdrawal.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers union, "he told the students for whom English was not their first language, would also suffer." The proposed reforms to the aims of GCSE spelling, punctuation and grammar, it will be difficult for students who are either in English as a second language or who are dyslexic. "

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