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Covid-19: Dubai students may be asked to take ‘mini exams’ for GCSE, A-level grades
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Summer GCSE and A-level exams have already been cancelled in the UK due to the impact of Covid-19.
Dubai students taking their GCSE and A-levels could be asked to take ‘mini-exams’ to help determine their grades.
Summer GCSE and A-level exams have already been cancelled in the UK due to the impact of Covid-19, with teachers set to grade their students for a second year running.
Exam boards would write the trimmed-down papers, which students will take at the request of their teachers. The papers would then be marked by the teachers and would be used as part of the basis of a student’s grade.
UAE schools: IGCSE, A-level exams officially cancelled
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UK-curriculum schools in the UAE are working closely with exam regulators on the next steps that must be taken.
It s official: IGCSE and A-level exams have been cancelled, a UK board announced today, replacing the exams with teacher-assessed grades (TAGs).
The announcement was made by OxfordAQA, one of the largest UK-curriculum examination boards.
Principals of UK-curriculum schools in Dubai had earlier anticipated that these exams would likely be reviewed or cancelled as they awaited official instructions from the exam regulator.
The cancellation of exams comes after the UK entered its third national lockdown since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, from January 4 until February 15, with schools and colleges closed in many parts of the UK.
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Head teachers have urged older pupils to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to help to make the UAE s schools a safe environment.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Prevention approved the use of the coronavirus vaccine for teenagers aged 16 and above.
Previously, anyone under the age of 18 was not allowed to be inoculated against the virus.
It is understood that teenagers
will receive the Sinopharm vaccine, which is one of
two
approved by authorities in the Emirates.
The drug was approved for nationwide use on December 9. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was first administered in Dubai two weeks later. Free and voluntary vaccination campaigns are under way for both.
Dubai: Some Dubai schools have this term seen a huge spike in students switch from distance learning to direct classes on campus.
School principals said growing confidence in COVID-19 safety measures at school, a desire to experience school life again and the arrival of vaccines for the coronavirus are some reasons why more students are coming to school.
Last term, before the winter break, 47 per cent of Dubai private school pupils were exclusively engaged in distance learning until November, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority had then said. The rest were coming to school for classes or doing a mix of both.