OCR board asks teachers to vote on books to make A-level and GCSE English courses more inclusive

Salman Rushdie will go head to head with Jean Rhys and Daphne du Maurier as teachers vote on new works to be included in A-level and GCSE courses, as part of an effort to diversify the range of authors studied in English lessons.

The OCR examination board is considering five works to be added to its A-level English literature course next year, as well as new drama for its GCSE English literature course and new American literature texts.

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