Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 29th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Government to consider the impact the pandemic has on learning and achievement.
The recent outbreak has left many HE and FE students facing the prospect of failing this year, not attaining the grades expected and are receiving no extra financial support, even those with families.
We would like to see an option to take the summer holidays as catch up time (become an in education term). We want the ability to achieve what we are capable of and our dedicated tutors deserve to be kept safe. Please help us display our true potential all we ask for is the time back that we are going to have lost.
We would also like to ask to be recognised as a cross section that is too under significant financial Burden, please could we have some financial support too?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about exams and other assessments are a matter for exam boards and individual schools and universities, and are not a matter for 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
If you want the Government to require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309265
We understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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