Submitted on Monday 3rd August 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 11th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Relevant Departments
Cancel the 2020/21 GCSE, AS and A-Level Exams
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, GCSE and AS and A-Level students have missed 4 months of in-school teaching as a result of school closures. This leaves many students at a disadvantage in preparation for these exams next summer. I am calling on the Government to cancel the exams next summer.
Many students during this period have had little to no contact with their teachers. This has greatly affected their mental health during this time, and many Year 10 and 12 students are now suffering from anxiety from the government's decision to go ahead with these exams. The Ofqual consultation decisions have not taken into consideration the mental health of the GCSE, AS and A-Level students. If the government cared about the mental health of young people enough, they would cancel these exams.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for.
Decisions about qualifications, examinations and assessments in England are a matter for Ofqual, 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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