Submitted on Wednesday 10th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 9th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow students to sit GCSEs and A-levels in September
Most students don’t work as hard during the year as they do for exams. Furthermore, disadvantaged and minority students are systematically predicted lower grades. Basing this year’s exam results only on subjective teachers’ assessments will lead to gross injustice against these students.
Research shows that BAME and working-class students are routinely given lower grades because of bias. Also, most students only start working hard before exams, meaning predicted grades do not account for true ability. GCSEs and A-levels are crucial to students’ future success and life opportunities. This pandemic has already brought our society to its knees. It is our duty to ensure it does not now become a life sentence for our nation’s most vulnerable.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, and are not a matter for 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
You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
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