Gillian Keegan
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 56 |
| Spouse | Michael Keegan |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | London Business School |
| Liverpool John Moores University | |
| St Thomas Becket Catholic High School | |
| Official site | parliament.uk |
| Date of birth | March 13,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Lancashire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2017 | |
| Previous position | United Kingdom Minister for Africa (2022–2022) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 472588 |
Gillian Keegan Life story
Gillian Keegan is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Education. A member of the Conservative Party, she previously served as Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 2021 to 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa in 2022.
Childcare: £400m to expand free scheme in England
... In September, hourly funding rates increased from an average of: Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the government was " making sure parents no longer have to choose between a career and a family"...
Striking unions to be required to keep schools open
... In October, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said MSLs would be introduced with the unions but the government could use legal powers brought in earlier this year under the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act, which applies to a wide range of workers...
Teachers use AI for planning and marking, says report
... Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the right approach was needed " to take advantage of this transformative technology"...
Gaza: Gillian Keegan says school protests 'unacceptable'
... Education Secretary Gillian Keegan posted on X, previously Twitter, on Friday afternoon: " I m deeply concerned that some children are attending political protests during the school day...
GCSE students in England to get Covid support
... Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said: " Young people taking GCSEs next year will be the last who experienced two years of national closures during secondary school and it s right that we recognise that with some additional support...
David Cameron vows to support Rishi Sunak after surprise cabinet comeback
... Other senior cabinet members remained in post, including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan...
Plan for 40% of train services to run during strikes
... Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has committed to introducing minimum service levels in schools on a voluntary basis, if an agreement can be reached with unions...
Sadiq Khan breaks with Starmer by urging Gaza ceasefire
... Asked why the UK was not calling for a cessation of violence, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told ITV that the government would not " cross that line of telling Israel it has anything but the right to defend itself"...
GCSE students in England to get Covid support
By Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent
GCSE students in England will get formulae and equations in their maths and science exams under plans to limit the impact of Covid.
The Department For Education (DfE) has asked the exams regulator, Ofqual, to extend the support measure for Another Year .
Year 11 students sitting exams had just started Secondary School when The First national lockdown was introduced.
A teaching union said giving them the formulae was " The Right thing to do".
Ofqual has launched a two-week consultation on The Proposal .
The DfE said it would mean " enhanced formulae and equation sheets" for students in maths, physics and combined science GCSEs.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said: " Young People taking GCSEs next year will be The Last who experienced two years of national closures during Secondary School and it's right that we recognise that with some additional support. "
Sarah Hannafin, head of policy for school leaders' union NAHT, said there was " no need for an additional test of memory" in the exams.
However, She Said it was " disappointing that this decision has been made so late on" in the run-up to students taking mocks next month.
Exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021, and grades were based on teachers' assessments.
They were reintroduced in 2022 with extra measures to reflect the disruption caused by the pandemic.
Some of for exams in 2023. GCSE papers in the same subject were spaced apart More Than they were before the pandemic, allowing for rest and revision.
Students had formulae and equation sheets in some subjects, and were not tested on unfamiliar vocabulary in modern Foreign Language exams.
But, unlike in the rest of the UK, GCSE students in England were not given advance information about The Topics on which they would be tested.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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