Submitted on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Rejected on Friday 29th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Delay the 2021 GCSE Exams to catch up on teaching missed due to COV-19 closures.
The parents of GCSE and A/L students taking exams in April-June 2021 implore the UK Government and DOE to delay the exams to enable the students to catch up on 3-4 months of schooling missed due to COV-19 closures. Syllabuses must be completed if these children are to have a fair chance at success.
The future success of each generation rests on the results of these pivotal exams and as parents we are asking for a fair and equal footing for our children. These two student batches have faced the most disruption because routine class room teaching has been severely curtailed for 3-4 months. The teachers need this extra time to finish the GCSE and A/L syllabuses and we are asking the Government and the DOE to move the exams back to a later date in 2021 to help the teachers complete this task.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards, individual schools and Ofqual, 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
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/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZq25dJRPEYEgu_Jsyh9e-Ehmx_IlSA1wM_dLnm-DFYTu_93cvsIoH8aAkB9EALw_wcB
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:
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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