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Do not move GCSEs for the sake of Ramadan.

Submitted on Thursday 7th January 2016

Rejected on Friday 8th January 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Do not move GCSEs for the sake of Ramadan.

Petition Details

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers will have to take key exams earlier than usual this year to help Muslim pupils fasting for Ramadan.


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This petition was rejected

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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