'Absurd!' British exam board allows GCSE French students to use gender-neutral language despite terms not being used in France

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A British exam board has allowed GCSE French students to use gender-neutral language despite the terms not being used in France.

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Staff from Pearson Edexcel have given the green light to teens using "inclusive" pronouns, nouns and adjectives in their written and oral GCSEs.However, the French do not pander to the same bid for inclusivity, with all their grammatical concepts being strictly categorised into gendered variants.Adjectives have specific "masculine" and "feminine" endings to match the noun it is complementing, such as an object or person.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Gender neutral terms do not exist in France in grammatically correct settings.Nevertheless, some universities and socialist councils have ploughed on with the inclusivity drive and adopted the progressive language.

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They have exchanged "he" and "she", which are normally "il" and "elle", for the made-up neutral terms "iel" and "iels".But Jean-Michel Blanquer, who is a former French education minister, blasted...

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