Submitted on Thursday 19th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 30th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
GCSE 2021 date to change so there is no disadvantage due to COVID-19 closures.
We would like parliament to ensure that students sitting GCSE's in 2021 are going to have lower grade boundaries, which will take into consideration the time lost OR that the date of the examination will be changed so that the students can make up for all the time lost whilst the schools were closed
We believe that due to the current climate and uncertainty we feel that students who will sit their GCSE's in 2021 will be at a disadvantage. This is because (lets go with the assumption that schools remain closed till the Autumn Term) these students will have lost 5 months of education, aswell as the work they will have to do in Yr11 which will only allow them to have 2 weeks of a revision period before the exams when the previous years had much longer. We feel that this is unjust.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament. You can read the decision made by exam boards on what will happen to exams here:
www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced
If you want the Government to review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades, you may wish to sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
As a result of the large numbers of petitions people have tried to start on this issue, and following a large number of questions it received from petitioners about exams, the Petitions Committee asked the Government about the impact of coronavirus on schools and exams.
Watch all the questions and responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHWDlzlxfA&feature=youtu.be&t=3771
Watch the responses to the following questions:
What was the reasoning behind the timing of school closures?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h3m16s
What is happening with exams including GCSEs, A-levels, and SATs?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h4m35s
What measures are in place to protect vulnerable children, those on free school meals, and the teachers and other staff who are still working in schools?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h7m09s
When might schools re-open?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1hm12s
Exam cancellations and the current coronavirus pandemic can cause worry and stress. You can find information on how to deal with stress here:
Young Minds:
youngminds.org.uk/
Children’s Society:
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/mental-health-advice-for-children-and-young-people/issues-affecting-young-people
Childline:
www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/anxiety-stress-panic/coping-with-stress/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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