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Another year wasted.

For almost a year now, students have been


suffering from stress due to exams but unlike
in the past, this has been caused by the
impact of national lockdowns.

In the academic year 2019-2020, A-level and


GCSE exams were cancelled for all students.

Many students have spent time studying and


revising subjects for between 2 and 4 years
-in the hope that their efforts would reap
good grades in their exams. However, the
invested time spent has in some cases been
“for nothing”.

Some students, for whatever reason, may not


have excelled in the course work. Others
focus all their energy on exams. These
students have been heavily impacted by the
decision to cancel exams. This has led to
those students becoming anxious as to how
their GCSEs and A-levels will be assessed and
how this will impact them in furthering their
education and getting a job.

Other pupils who perform consistently


completing their course work and have studied
hard for their exams, may will be unaffected
by the decision to cancel exams.
However, for those students that freeze when
it comes to exams which do not reflect their
performance when doing course work, this has
been beneficial to them and lockdown has had
the reverse effect and lessened their
anxiety. For these people, a great weight has
been lifted off their shoulders.

For those students who worked hard and wanted


to take their exams, they feel angry and let
down by the current situation because this
had prevented them from showcasing their
talents.

Following from this, a student stated:


“I’ve put in all of this hard work and if I’m
not going to get the grades to reflect that,
has all my work just gone down the drain?”

The pandemic has not been limited to the


educational years 2019-2020 but has now
extended to 2020-2021. The same problems have
occurred once again.

In September 2020, the country was easing out


of lockdown restrictions those in year 11
studying for their GCSEs and in year 13
studying A-levels were under the impression
that exams were going to happen, and the
government provided assurances that the
previous “fiasco” relating to exams and
assessment of grade would not be repeated.

Many students were relieved from the


isolation of lockdown and missing schoolwork
and in some instances looking forward to
school and college and their exams.

However, with a further national lockdown the


situation has been “turned on its head” and
it is now uncertain whether students will be
able to sit their exams this year. School and
colleges have been closed since December 2020
with no clarity on when they will re-open.

A student who is due to their exams this year


said to the BBC: “I felt the government had
not truly understood the impact their
handling of exams had had on students.”

2021 is a relapse of 2020 and all GCSEs and


A-levels have been thrown into turmoil for
the second year in a row.

One of the students commented about this


uncertainty: “I don’t think that being at
home is the same as being at school,
because you miss out on class discussions and
the sharing of ideas, it is not the same when
it is a PowerPoint and a worksheet.”

According to the BBC: “From September, the


government kept insisting they would not
cancel exams, then with the announcement on
Monday, they said that exams couldn’t go
ahead but that there would be alternative
arrangements.”

It appears "inevitable" that exams will be


cancelled this year, but it is unacceptable
that the government is taking so long to make
a decision leaving students in limbo about
the future.

A current GCSE student having felt frustrated


and anxious about cancelled exams explains
her issues and feelings she has towards this.
Because GCSE’S and exams have been cancelled
for the second time, you must be having mixed
feelings and opinions about the matter.

[INTERVIEW]

How do you feel about exams being cancelled?

Do you think that there has been an advantage


for many students?

Is it possible that the action that took


place for cancelling exams is unfair on
students who may have worked much harder than
other students?

How has this announcement personally affected


you and your revision plan that you were
expecting to be able to do to achieve the
grades you are striving for?

So, listening to this I can tell you have


been working hard and the effort for these
exams is something some students are lacking
in from the stress.
However, do you not think there is slight
weight lifted from you as exams will not go
on?

Do you think the government could have


handled this situation and came across the
plan to cancel exams in a better way, as you
have mentioned before that you felt like you
were “left in the dark.”?

Thank you.
Obviously, it’s a tough time for you and
others students right now and hopefully there
will be a clear solution to how you will move
on from this.

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