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Exam board accused of censorship
Britain's biggest exam board has been accused of censorship after it removed a poem containing references to knife crime from the GCSE syllabus, reports the Guardian.
Officials at the AQA board said their request that schools destroy the anthology containing the Carol Ann Duffy poem "Education for Leisure" had been triggered by concerns in two schools about references to knives. A spokeswoman confirmed the decision had been made in the context of the current spate of knife-related murders. But poets have condemned the move.
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