Submitted on Tuesday 24th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
BTEC students across the UK to get predicted grades like GCSE & A-LEVEL students
The government should give predicted grades to BTEC students as well as GCSE & A-LEVEL students.
It's unjust that GCSE/A-LEVEL students are getting predicted grades while BTEC students are still expected to work on with assignments. Also, it is strange that BTEC students are expected to still continue even though their study sessions have been completely disrupted by the ongoing pandemic. There are certain tools/resources that are only available in colleges that can't be accessed at home. In addition, some BTEC students don't have a laptop to use making it difficult to complete assignments.
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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 Government's announcement about what will happen to exams here: www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced
Ofqual has stated that it is working with awarding organisations to finalise a list of qualifications that we will advise the Secretary of State should be in scope for learners to receive a calculated result, and this will include many BTEC Nationals: www.gov.uk/government/news/awarding-vocational-and-technical-qualifications-this-summer
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
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