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<p>The Department for Education is currently considering what further support and
encouragement can be provided to awarding organisations to enable as wide a range
of languages as possible to be maintained at GCSE and A level, including Modern Greek.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils
provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern
foreign languages. The number of pupils entering for a modern language GCSE has increased
by 20% since 2010 due to the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. There are
considerable benefits to learning a second language and the government is keen to
see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. To this end, the Secretary
of State for Education wrote to exam boards during the pre-election period in April
to express her concern about their decision to stop awarding qualifications in some
languages. She asked awarding organisations to work with Ofqual on the future of these
qualifications and committed, if there is no further action, to launching a consultation
on how best to secure the future of these qualifications.</p><p> </p>
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