{"id":106083,"date":"2020-08-14T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/a-level-results-wales-labour-backbench-revolt-against-downgrading\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T06:05:06","slug":"a-level-results-wales-labour-backbench-revolt-against-downgrading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/a-level-results-wales-labour-backbench-revolt-against-downgrading\/","title":{"rendered":"A-level results Wales: Labour backbench revolt against downgrading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Education Minister Kirsty Williams meets students at Merthyr College\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/12B7\/production\/_113919740_mediaitem113919739.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Picture caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Training Minister Kirsty Williams met college students at Merthyr School on results day<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The best way some A-level downgrades have been determined is &#8220;unbelievable&#8221;, a Labour Member of the Senedd has mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea East MS Mike Hedges mentioned he knew of pupils receiving a decrease than predicted grade &#8220;with none samples of their work being checked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He and his Labour colleague David Rees are calling for a evaluation of the system after 42% of ultimate grades have been lowered from trainer estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Training Minister Kirsty Williams mentioned the system was honest and &#8220;very strong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A Welsh Authorities spokesman mentioned it expects to offer extra info on the appeals course of subsequent week.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Unfair results declare after grades lowered<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Minister makes pledge on this yr&#8217;s grades<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Rees, who represents Aberavon, advised BBC Wales he was conscious of particular person circumstances the place downgrading didn&#8217;t &#8220;mirror the scholars&#8217; means&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do have to evaluation it and guarantee ourselves no scholar has been unfairly handled,&#8221; he mentioned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p08njq50.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported in your system<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Bradley Desmier was predicted a B, C and a advantage however bought a D, E and a go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardiff Central MS Jenny Rathbone mentioned info she had been given steered giant colleges serving deprived pupils had been &#8220;hammered by inexplicable reductions in grades&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And Mr Hedges mentioned pupils needs to be given their predicted grades &#8220;until there&#8217;s a good motive to not&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It is] unbelievable that they downgraded candidates with out seeing any of their work,&#8221; he mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There must be an instantaneous evaluation &#8211; it&#8217;s younger folks&#8217;s futures we&#8217;re speaking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Picture copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">PA Media<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Picture caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Exams have been cancelled after colleges have been closed in March<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Labour&#8217;s Lynne Neagle MS, who chairs the cross-party Senedd training committee, mentioned the method was a &#8220;matter of serious concern for learners, their mother and father and carers, and training employees&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re contemplating our subsequent steps as a committee rigorously, and we&#8217;re dedicated to holding the federal government and public our bodies to account on the approaches adopted in response to this pandemic,&#8221; Ms Neagle mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Equity, accuracy and readability should be offered for all our younger individuals who have been as a result of take examinations this yr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their wellbeing and their means to plan for his or her future studying and careers should be on the centre of our pondering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Picture copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Photographs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Picture caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    A pupil from Swansea checking her results on Thursday<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One other Labour MS, Pontypridd&#8217;s Mick Antoniw, mentioned he was assembly head lecturers in his space to &#8220;focus on their issues&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour-led Welsh Authorities introduced on Thursday college students sad with their grades will be capable of enchantment freed from cost.<\/p>\n<p>Plaid Cymru had been calling for that, and the celebration&#8217;s training spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian mentioned the appeals process should now be &#8220;strong and impartial&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;GCSE pupils awaiting their results subsequent week should be handled with extra compassion than the scholars acquiring their A-level grades and any modifications must be introduced sooner reasonably than later,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Enchantment grounds<\/h2>\n<p>A Welsh Authorities spokesman mentioned about 94% of the grades have been the identical or inside one grade of these college students have been predicted to realize.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is earlier than any changes are made because of the AS [level] ground introduced yesterday by the minister for training,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We now have additionally requested {Qualifications} Wales to contemplate whether or not the grounds for enchantment could be broadened for all A-level, AS-level and GCSE {qualifications} and we count on to offer extra info on this subsequent week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No scholar from Wales needs to be deprived against different UK college students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re happy that, following the publication of the results at present, UCAS have reported the very best variety of Welsh learners being supplied a spot at college since 2011.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-politics-53773796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture caption Training Minister Kirsty Williams met college students at Merthyr School on results day The best way some A-level downgrades have been determined is &#8220;unbelievable&#8221;, a Labour Member of the Senedd has mentioned. 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