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Make adaptions to 2021 exams to counteract the impact of COVID-19 on education.

Submitted on Monday 20th April 2020

Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make adaptions to 2021 exams to counteract the impact of COVID-19 on education.

Petition Details

Recognise the significance on the education lost in year 5, 10 and 12 due to COVID-19 and the enhanced impact it will have on the A Level and GCSE grades in 2021. This then should be reflected in the examinations which will be sat next summer, potentially postponing them or changing their format.

Additional Information

The time during lockdown is the time lost in class.Online classes are available but the vital, valuable teaching aspect is still being missed. Learning may not seem different, but for BTEC, GCSE and A Level pupils, self teaching is increasingly challenging and requires more hours than an average school day. The enhanced pressure on students means less time for ensuring positive mental health, extra work and revision and will create unrepresentative results in 2021 which will define their future.


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This petition was rejected

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

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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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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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