Submitted on Thursday 7th January 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the GCSE and A-level exams being brought forward because of Ramadan.
2016 GCSE and A-level exams are being brought forward because of the Islamic period "Ramadan". How about they move ramadam to suit the exams? It is incredibly unjust that thousands of children are being put at a disadvantage and must be made to suffer.
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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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