Submitted on Wednesday 6th January 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop intended change of date for GCSEs to accommodate Ramadan
BBC News reported on 6th January the intent to make the dates for GCSE exams changeable to take account of the month of Ramadan. The U.K. is a Christian country that respects other religions including Islam, but it's institutions and rules should not be dictated by them.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about the dates of exams are taken by exam boards, not by the UK Government or Parliament.
You may be interested in this recent statement made by the Joint Council for Qualifications, which is a membership organisation comprising the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK:
http://www.jcq.org.uk/media-centre/news-releases/jcq-statement---exam-timetables
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