Submitted on Thursday 7th January 2016
Rejected on Monday 11th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Do not change the school time table for religion's sake.
The Exam Board, Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have introduced proposals to alter the school exam time table to suit Muslims and their month of Ramadam in June.
As Muslim children are already exempt from fasting, this is unnecessary pandering to a religious culture and has no place whatsoever in British schools. Those who wish to live on our island must abide by our rules and our way of life, integrating into society - or leave.
The news followed comments from the children's commissioner Anne Longfield, who said talks were being held around "delaying the exam timetable" to lessen the impact on taking tests for Muslim students.
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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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