▁he ▁" could ▁be ... ▁singing ▁a ▁h ymn ▁of ▁pra ises ▁for ▁my ▁old ▁ch um ▁G ove ▁and ▁his ▁brilliant ▁new ▁G ove - level s ." ▁The ▁le aked ▁documents ▁also ▁suggested ▁that ▁G ove ▁was ▁int ending ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁single ▁exam ▁board ▁to ▁organ ise ▁all ▁ex ams , ▁and ▁to ▁sc rap ▁the ▁National ▁C urr icul um ▁in ▁its ▁current ▁form . ▁However , ▁there ▁were ▁" re bu kes " ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁and ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁Education ▁minister s ▁who ▁said ▁it ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁communicate ▁before ▁making ▁announ c ements ▁on ▁proposed ▁changes ▁to ▁joint ly ▁owned ▁qual ifications . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁draft ▁Program mes ▁of ▁Study ▁for ▁History ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁curr icul um ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁D f E , ▁the ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁principal ▁organis ations ▁for ▁histor ians ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁wrote ▁to ▁The ▁Ob server ▁to ▁register ▁" sign ific ant ▁res erv ations " ▁about ▁its ▁contents ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁de vised . ▁They ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" to o ▁narrow ly ▁and ▁exclus ively ▁focused ▁on ▁British ▁history " ▁and ▁argued ▁that ▁struct uring ▁history ▁teaching ▁in ▁a ▁strictly ▁chron ological ▁sequence ▁meant ▁that ▁students ▁would ▁learn ▁about ▁pre - mod ern ▁history ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁their ▁studies . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁ 1 0 0 ▁academ ics ▁wrote