For once some encouraging news from the UK education front: “Science is undergoing a dramatic resurgence in secondary schools” as the Telegraph reported. In a period when pupils are generally going for the “sexy” non-sciences, this is indeed good news. And the numbers are quite impressive too:
According to data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, almost 130,000 teenagers studied GCSE biology this year – an increase of more than 28 per cent.The only thing the article doesn’t mention, is the possible reasons for this surprising change of heart.
Entries in chemistry and physics soared by more 32 per cent – to around 122,000 and 120,500 respectively
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