This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Stop foreign students taking GCSE's in the UK having a dictionary.
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In the UK foreign students (e.g. Romanian and Slovakian), are aloud a dictionary during most GCSE exams. Giving a dictionary to foreign students where English is not their first language gives them an unfair advantage compared to students who speak English as a first language.
If a foreign student comes to the UK to take GCSE's they should be able to speak and write English fluently enough to not need a dictionary, otherwise they should not take GCSE's
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We cannot accept your petition, because the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for the issue you raise. The Joint Council for Qualifications, which is a membership organisation comprising the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK, regulates the use of dictionaries in GCSE exams by students whose mother tongue is not English. You can contact the Joint Council for Qualifications here: http://www.jcq.org.uk/contact/.
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