Rejected petition The Department for Education should scrap exams in 2021.

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, students across the country haven't had anywhere near the full amount of contact teaching they need to have in order to confidently sit examinations. Students are already under enough pressure and stress. The government should scrap GCSE's and A levels for next year.

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The government has a duty to protect the psychical and mental well being of all students. Asking current year 10's and current year 12's to sit exams next year knowing full well they haven't had the requisite time in school and will not have enough time to cover all of the exams specifications, the government should ask teachers to make grade assessments based on work conducted in school.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320772

Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 July 2020
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