The chief regulator of Ofqual has predicted that some exams will shortly begin moving to being delivered online.
Jo Saxton said that the biggest challenge facing the watchdog this year is that “time never stands still in the world of qualifications”. This could manifest in the organisation “looking at how to make sure vocational qualifications are genuinely treated in every respect as being on equal footing with A-Levels and GCSEs,” she added.
Another looming change that will occupy Ofqual in 2023 is “innovative new ways of students taking their exams, including the advent of moving – over time – to some exams online”, according to Saxton.
“We’re very much keen to see new innovations and new ways of doing things, and indeed there is some very exciting work going on in this space by some of the exam boards,” she said. “To my mind though, we need to make sure we don’t rush to new tech-based solutions without these being tested to destruction.
