Rejected petition AQA Biology Exam May 17, Irrelevant questions to be removed from marking

The questions on alcohol and under age drinking along with independent companies has no relevance to biology. It makes an unfair playing field as students taking the same exam with other boards will have the ability to attain better grades/ marks.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/05/17/students-left-fuming-over-gcse-biology-exam-that-contained-quest/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gsce-pupils-could-not-believe-203400504.html?nhp=1
- Two sources of online news reports on the reaction of 100,000 students

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Date submitted 18 May 2016
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