Education: Climate Change Science Debate
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Lord Singh of Wimbledon
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Education: Climate Change Science
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Lord Agnew of Oulton
I assure the noble Lord that we are improving the curriculum all the time. For example, in 2018, 96% of pupils in state-funded schools were entered for the science component of the EBacc. The proportion of pupils taking GCSE geography increased from 26% in 2010 to 41% last year. We have also seen increases in participation in A-level chemistry and physics. These are all science and evidence-based subjects.
Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB)
My Lords, could the Government get the United States President to drop in on one of those classes during his visit?
Lord Agnew of Oulton
The noble Lord makes a very interesting suggestion, which I shall pass on to the Foreign Office.