The chemistry flops: Pupils baffled by O-level exams from the Sixties

Chemistry pupils have flunked O-level questions from 50 years ago, deepening fears that the subject is being dumbed down.The teenagers were unable to answer questions from the 1960s and 1970s set by the Royal Society of Chemistry.The average mark for the 1960s questions was just 16 per cent.Focused: A 1960 chemistry classYesterday, the society warned [...] continue reading latest news