{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/602157.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":602157,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Change A-Level essay subject exams from hand-written to computer typed.","background":"Change humanities subjects (History, Politics, Geography, English etc) from being handwritten to typed in exams. This would improve the United Kingdom's ability in the tertiary sector.","additional_details":"I think the Education Secretary should create a new policy where exams that are totally essay based at A-Level should only be typed as opposed to being handwritten. GCSEs should carry on being written by hand so that the skill is adopted by all children, however when studying A-Levels I believe that it would be better if these exams were typed because a majority of workplaces require skills in typing, especially at a fast pace. Learning to type under timed conditions would improve our education.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2021-11-29T16:34:30.449Z","updated_at":"2021-12-06T08:25:44.374Z","rejected_at":"2021-12-06T08:25:43.459Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-11-29T19:12:08.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.\r\n\r\nDecisions about how to deliver exams are a matter for individual schools and exam boards, not the Government or Parliament.\r\n\r\nWe have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:\r\n\r\nRequire exam boards to give all students the option to type their exam answers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/589313"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}