This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Provisions for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021 due to COVID-19
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.
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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.
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Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570
Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320772
Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326066
Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548898
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