Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Monday 30th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Provisions for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021 due to COVID-19
The government should implement provisions for year 10’s and 12’s exams, after they will miss vital teaching due to COVID-19 and school closures. Whether this would mean cancelling their exams like the 2020 exams, or lowering grade boundaries, we should do something to make the exams fair for them.
The government should implement provisions for students who are taking GCSEs or A-levels in 2021 because due to the school closures they will miss a large portion of their courses and will likely struggle to catch up in time for their exams. It wouldn’t be fair on them to make them sit an exam that they missed a large portion of teaching through no fault of their own, so I think that their exams should also be cancelled or at least have lower grade boundaries to make up for this loss of education.
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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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