LONDON (REUTERS) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was facing fresh criticism on Thursday (Aug 20) over its handling of grading for school exams after results for hundreds of thousands of students were pulled.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was facing fresh criticism on Thursday over its handling of grading for school exams after results for hundreds of thousands of students were pulled.
Exam board Pearson announced late on Wednesday that it would recalculate grades for BTECs, specialist work-related qualifications, just hours before students were due to receive their results. Students were told on Monday they would now be awarded the grade that their teachers had predicted for them based on past performance, and that process is also being adopted for younger pupils receiving their GCSE results on Thursday."We have become concerned about unfairness, including consistency with the approaches now being used for GCSE and A Levels," it said in a statement.
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