Exam results: Some BTec students still do not have grades

Some students at faculties and faculties in Northern Eire have not but obtained BTec outcomes which have been due final Thursday.

The delay impacts BTec {qualifications} taken by means of the exams board Pearson.

Pearson mentioned that it understands the “frustration” the delay has induced however might not say precisely when outcomes can be delivered.

The guardian of 1 pupil instructed BBC Information NI her son might not enter clearing for a college place with out his end result.

BTecs are taken at many colleges and additional schooling (FE) faculties as an alternative choice to A-levels.

They’re {qualifications} which frequently deal with vocational and technical topics.

BTec outcomes from Pearson have been due on Thursday, the identical day as A-level and AS outcomes.

However some students and pupils in Northern Eire have not but obtained theirs.

• ‘Goals ruined by an algorithm’
• ‘Stress and nervousness’ over end result delays

The mom of 1 pupil instructed BBC Information NI her son was still ready for the outcomes of his BTec course taken at his post-primary college.

“There was no communication about this and no-one is aware of what the issue is,” she mentioned.

“Some pupils seem to have obtained some outcomes however many have not.

“They can’t enter clearing as they do not have outcomes and lots of programs are filling up.

“It is full chaos – and comes along with the controversy round A-levels, which my son additionally did.”

Belfast Met FE Faculty tweeted on 13 August that some outcomes their students have been anticipating had been delayed.

The mom of a pupil who had studied for a BTEC at Belfast Met mentioned her son had still not obtained his end result.

“He accomplished this coursework throughout lockdown in very tough circumstances,” she instructed BBC Information NI.

“At lunchtime on Thursday a message went up on the category Fb web page to say that the outcomes had not been posted on from the inspecting physique Pearson.

“Some of the category have been held up in confirming HND and additional diploma programs because of the delay.”

A spokesperson for Pearson confirmed that some outcomes had been delayed.

“We’re conscious that some BTec students skilled a delay in receiving their outcomes and we perceive the frustration this should have induced,” they mentioned.

“We’re working carefully with the students and faculties concerned to look into this urgently and supply their outcomes as quickly as we are able to.

“The vast majority of the outcomes have been out there by Friday and we’re working across the clock with impacted students and faculties to resolve the excellent points.”

Pearson is a multinational firm which can also be the UK’s largest awarding physique for {qualifications} together with A-levels and GCSEs in addition to BTecs.

It is without doubt one of the world’s greatest schooling corporations, with £2.5bn in digital revenues alone, in keeping with its web site.

College affords

In the meantime, the 4 kids’s commissioners throughout the UK have referred to as on universities to honour affords of locations made earlier than A-level outcomes.

“College affords will have been made on the idea of particular person statements, earlier achievements, references, predicted grades and in some circumstances entrance exams and interviews,” they mentioned.

“Many students have had little probability to progress their schooling since these affords have been made.

“It’s unfair to now reject people whose outcomes have been arrived at by a system that’s more likely to have produced particular person anomalies.”

Whereas A-level outcomes rose general in Northern Eire, over a 3rd of grades calculated by faculties have been lowered and there was further controversy over the method used to award pupils their grades.