Provisions for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021 due to COVID-19

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should implement provisions for year 10’s and 12’s exams, after they will miss vital teaching due to COVID-19 and school closures. Whether this would mean cancelling their exams like the 2020 exams, or lowering grade boundaries, we should do something to make the exams fair for them.

The government should implement provisions for students who are taking GCSEs or A-levels in 2021 because due to the school closures they will miss a large portion of their courses and will likely struggle to catch up in time for their exams. It wouldn’t be fair on them to make them sit an exam that they missed a large portion of teaching through no fault of their own, so I think that their exams should also be cancelled or at least have lower grade boundaries to make up for this loss of education.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions which are calling for similar actions.

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Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021: Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021.

Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021: Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021

Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates: Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates

Timeline

22 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
30 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Mar 2020

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