Legally protect students who received grades in 2020 from discrimination

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should update the equality act or separately legislate to protect students who were due to take their exams in 2020 (A-levels or GCSEs) so that it would be illegal to value their awarded grades differently to that of students who did sit their exams before or after 2020.

The government should do this because it will likely be harder to find employment after this crisis is over I want to make sure that those who did not take their exams, due to actions beyond their control, are not unfairly negatively impacted in their application for a job. e.g. an employer may hire a student who received 3 As at A-level in 2021 instead of a student who was awarded the grades in 2020 simply because the student who received the grade in 2020 did not take the exam. This is not fair

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Employment decisions are for individual employers and not for the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

19 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2020

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