Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Cancel GCSE exams and A levels exams for 2021
The government should call off GCSE examinations and A level examinations for 2021. The current year 10 and 12 students should not have to sit a GCSE or A level exam for 2021 due to the reasons listed below as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
The government should take this action because the current year 10's and 12's have to self teach the GCSE/A level course due to the lockdown from the coronavirus. As a result, many students are struggling with self teaching and the content they need to learn. This could be 25% of the GCSE and A level course they are learning, meaning that up to 25% of the grade they could've gotten cannot be earnt. Aswell as that, year 10 and 12 students do not have mocks, meaning they have no prior preparation.
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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, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570
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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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