Generations have recognised the three Rs as reading, writing and ’rithmetic. Now a leading exam board has said they should instead represent numeracy, literacy and digital fluency.
AQA wants a revamp of core qualifications and suggested an element of video gaming in assessment. It said a more modern interpretation of the traditional building blocks was needed.
Numeracy should include finance, literacy should include oracy (the skill of speaking fluently that Sir Keir Starmer said he would promote if Labour won power) and reading should encompass digital fluency.
Large numbers of young people left formal education without a firm grounding in core skills, AQA said in a report.
