An exam board was criticized for one of its GCSE’s.
Candidates were asked to explain “why some people are prejudiced against Jews”.
The board tries to defends their choice by stating that they did not want to
offend anyone, merely wanted students to explain and give an account of
Holocaust and prejudice against Jews. Not in any case did the exam board want
to offend Judaism. Students knew what was asked of them and made clear they
understood the question. Exam board AQA still needs to justify their choice and
explain, a follow-up action will be taken if appropriate, says exam regulator Ofqual.
In my opinion people reacted to strongly to a simple
question which had the sole purpose of making students think about the subject.
No wrong was intended and the question in itself was not stated incorrectly
either. Student even came up with the right answer, so no harm no foul.
Too sensitively taken. Maybe if they had said; "why some people were prejudiced against Jews", no one would have felt offended. If placed in perspective, a lot of things become clear. Isn't it always?
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