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Shakespeare is not about to leave the classroom, the Ministry of Education says.
Media reports last week said there were concerns about "dumbing down" schoolchildren, including the suggestion that Shakespeare's plays, considered too difficult for some students, would be pulled from the curriculum under proposed changes.
However, ministry manager of curriculum teaching and learning Mary Chamberlain said the reports were misleading and she stressed that Shakespeare would continue to play an important part in senior English courses.
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