Why GCSE students studying authors of colour is even more essential' in 2026
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Why GCSE students studying authors of colour is even more essential' in 2026
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"It will take two decades for only one in 10 English Literature GCSE students to encounter a text by an author of colour, a new report has revealed. Without significant intervention, the Lit in Colour initiative warns it will be 2115 before 38 per cent of pupils mirroring the current proportion of black, Asian, and minority ethnic students in UK schools study a writer of colour at GCSE level."
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