Submitted on Thursday 24th February 2022
Rejected on Monday 28th February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Don’t ban people without GCSE Maths & English from accessing student loans
It is essential that everybody has the chance to go to university. Some people don’t get these GCSEs because of the school they go to which might be in a poorer area. It is completely unfair to block them from making the leap to higher education just because of where they live.
My mother doesn’t have GCSE maths. She’s an incredible English tutor & has taught English, Media & drama in schools. She would never have been able to help all these people if she hadn’t gone to uni (without a student loan it would have been impossible). These tests don’t always test actual intelligence. Students must tick boxes and some of the brightest individuals struggle. That doesn’t mean they don’t deserve access to higher education in an environment that might suit them better.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you would like to see changes in the way that student finance is distributed but we're not sure what action you would like the Government to take. Maths and English GCSE are not currently conditions for securing a student loan or finance, it is a condition of being accepted onto a degree, or other higher education course.
You could start a new petition calling for Maths and English GCSE to no longer be mandatory for being accepted on to a higher education course, if this is something you would like to see happen.
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