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Blundering exam chiefs missed out four pages of questions from an A-level paper on Shakespeare plays which left pupils in tears and teachers aghast that they had taught the wrong texts.
The A-level pupils were expecting tests on Othello, The Tempest and Much Ado about Nothing after revising William Shakespeare for two years.
But students opened the papers for their English A-level language and literature exam to find that the questions on the Bard were missing.
The absence led to a 'moment of horror' for English teachers who feared they had failed to prepare their students by wasting two years teaching them the wrong texts.
But the error was determined to have fallen on the shoulders of the exams chiefs at the Welsh Joint Education Committee, who later realised they had left out the four pages on Shakespeare.
The Association of School and College Leaders said candidates had been 'let down' and that the WJEC should have made sure the first exam papers after three academic years riddled by the Covid-19 pandemic were correct.
In a letter to school exam officers the WJEC apologised and said it would take action to ensure candidates were not disadvantaged.
Blundering exam chiefs at the Welsh Joint Education Committee (building pictured above) missed out four pages of questions from an A-level paper on Shakespeare plays that students had been studying for four years
The absence led to a 'moment of horror' for English teachers who feared they had failed to prepare their students by wasting two years teaching them the wrong texts and knocked the confidence of pupils who had not taken exams in three years due to Covid-19 disruptions
They added that the mistake would not be investigated until after results day in August, when they would take 'appropriate' action.
Parents of the 730 candidates who entered the exams set by the exam board
