Submitted on Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Rejected on Monday 9th January 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Introduce different marking systems kids with learning difficulties/disability
A child taking GCSE or A level shouldnt be treated the same as a child without a learning difficulty by the examining boards which isnt fair. They may have extra time in the exam, but no help reading and once the paper is finished the exam boards do not take this into account
Option 1 - Either provide readers to children taking maths or english, particularly in maths,
Option 2 - change the structure of the exam papers for kids with a diagnosis of a learning disability/disorder.
Option 3 - have special markers at the examining bodies for children with learning difficulties/disabilities
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There are already arrangements for reasonable adjustments for students that have a disability. These adjustments can include:
- modified papers (for example, large print or braille exam papers)
- access to assistive software (for example, voice recognition systems or computer readers)
- help with specific tasks (for example, another person might read questions to the student or write their dictated answers)
- changes to how the assessment is done (for example, an oral rather than a written assessment, word-processing rather than hand-writing answers)
- extra time to complete assessments
- exemptions from an assessment
You can read more about reasonable adjustments for disabled students here: www.gov.uk/guidance/regulating-gcses-as-and-a-levels-guide-for-schools-and-colleges-2022/reasonable-adjustments
18.221.187.207 Wed, 15 May 2024 19:57:19 +0100
