UK to Make 2021 School Exams Easier for ‘Fairness’

UK to Make 2021 School Exams Easier for ‘Fairness’
Pupils wearing masks as a precaution against the transmission of the CCP virus arrive to attend Moor End Academy in Huddersfield, northern England, on Sept. 11, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
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The British government has announced what it calls “a package of exceptional measures” to make school exams in England “as fair as possible” amid the disruption caused by the CCP virus pandemic.

Under measures unveiled by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on Thursday, students taking exams in 2021 will get more generous grades in line with national test results from 2020, so that the year group most affected by the pandemic will not be disadvantaged.