This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition A Level Private Candidates University Entry
I would like the Department of Education to allow all Private Candidates who are currently hold an University offer to obtain at least the Qualifications that they need to enter the University
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There are many candidates who are left in the dark despite an announcement being made about them which intentionally leaves a majority of private/external A-Level candidates to make a forced decision of taking a gap year when many of these student have already taken a resit year and have gone through the gruelling process of getting conditional offers for competitive courses such as Medicine, Engineering, etc hoping to improve their grades and progress to university. The current process will not allow them to do that
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government has published guidance on cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020, which includes advice for private candidates or home educated students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-cancellation-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2020/coronavirus-covid-19-cancellation-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2020#what-about-private-candidates-or-home-educated-students
However, decisions about exams and assessments are a matter for exam boards, individual schools and Ofqual, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament. Similarly, decisions about university admissions are a matter for individual universities and UCAS, and not the Government or House of Commons.
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