Rejected petition Ensure A Level/GCSE exams in 2021 are fair after missed lessons due to Covid 19

Ensure the Goverment, exams board & schools work together to ensure the term + of missed lessons due to Covid 19 is taken into consideration for the exam sitting in June 2021. It is impossible for students to catch up so much work, so exams/curriculum need to be adjusted accordingly to reflect this.

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So many A level and GCSE students have been unfairly penalised in 2020 due to students not sitting exams because of Covid 19. It has lead to young people not being able to take up their places in university or get onto the courses they want. There has been an unfair disparity across the grading of this years exams and we cannot let students from state schools be unfairly represented or penalised again next year.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. In particular, we're not sure how you'd like the exams in 2021 to be made fair.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions about exam arrangements in 2021:

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

Triple Lock for 2021 A Levels Exam Results: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548555

Ensure all 2021 examinations are based on teacher assessment only: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549147

Open book exams for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327397

Do not delay A-level Exams: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549995

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Date submitted 17 August 2020
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