Dear CIE, Edexcel and any other exam boards,

In this time of chaos and uncertainty over matters regarding the education and future of students about to take their IGCSE and A-level exams here are the opinions of a student in Year 11.

I suggest we cancel all international IGCSE and A-Level examinations this year since they are already cancelled in the UK and it is unfair to the international students whose schools are closed for a month. Going ahead with it is going to cause stress and anxiety on a whole generation of students who are already suffering from an unprecedented level of mental health issues.

1. Allow teachers to give honest predicted grades for their students. The teachers are not going to try to 'cheat the system'. We, Students, have our done the work - the only element we will be missing is the final exam. Will some students gain a better grade than if they sat the final exam? Probably. Will, there be others may have done better had they had the opportunity to sit the exam under 'normal' conditions? Likely, but these are not normal conditions and teacher predictions will be a more accurate reflection of the vast majority of students educational journey over the past few years than a couple of hours writing a paper in these extraordinary times.

2. Allow any students who feel they could have done better than their prediction to re-sit the exam in November/December. This would be a completely voluntary option to be decided by the individual

3. Since university/sixth form college places were offered on predicted grades, so there should be little effect there. In essence, all places would be awarded 'unconditionally'

Yours Sincerely,

A Student

(https://www.change.org/p/department-of-education-gcse-and-a-level-exams-2020-a-way-forward used as reference to write)