{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/554159.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":554159,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Scrap 2021s GSCE exams & use the Scottish coursework system instead.","background":"We request UK Gov recognise that 3 extra weeks before sitting GCSE exams is woefully insufficient to make up for the months of classroom time lost due to Covid-19.  We ask that the current year 11 GCSE exams are scrapped and the Scottish \"teacher assessment and coursework\" system be adopted.","additional_details":"The National Foundation for Educational Research show that those children now in year 11 have lost at least 3 months of classroom time. As such 3 extra weeks simply will not give this school year a chance at getting reasonable grades. At the same time as English students are being expected to catch up 3 months in 3 weeks, National 5 exams are to be cancelled in Scotland in 2021 and replaced with teacher assessments and coursework. Let us trust our teachers to know their students.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2020-10-12T17:10:23.996Z","updated_at":"2020-10-19T15:29:26.792Z","rejected_at":"2020-10-19T15:29:26.795Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-10-12T18:59:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign some of these petitions:\r\n\r\nCancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326066\r\n\r\nEnsure all 2021 examinations are based on teacher assessment only: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549147\r\n\r\nBase 2021 GCSE and A-Level Grades on Teacher Considerations and Mock Grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553307"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}