Rejected petition Change A-Level essay subject exams from hand-written to computer typed.

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.

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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.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about how to deliver exams are a matter for individual schools and exam boards, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Require exam boards to give all students the option to type their exam answers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/589313

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Date submitted 29 November 2021
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