{"id":156811,"date":"2020-08-17T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/08\/17\/uk-coronavirus-welsh-government-u-turns-on-exam-results-live-news\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:56:27","slug":"uk-coronavirus-welsh-government-u-turns-on-exam-results-live-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=156811","title":{"rendered":"UK coronavirus: Welsh government U-turns on exam results \u2013 live news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh U-turn comes as No 10 faces intensifying pressure over the A-levels and GCSEs exam grading crisis in EnglandBoris Johnson urged to intervene as exam results anger escalatesOfqual \u2018blindsided\u2019 government by revoking A-level appeals processFollow the latest global live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.45pm BST Kate Green MP, Labour\u2019s shadow education secretary, says Boris Johnson must now \u201cfollow the lead of the Welsh government which has acted to ensure young people in Wales get the qualifications they deserve\u201d.She added: \u201cThe PM must get a grip on the situation in England now, and end the historic injustice that he is imposing on young people across the country\u201d 2.29pm BST The Welsh government education minister, Kirsty Williams, says \u201cthe balance of fairness\u201d now lies with awarding grades on the basis of teacher assessments following Scotland\u2019s about-turn last week.In a statement on the Welsh government website, Williams added:I am taking this decision now ahead of results being released this week, so that there is time for the necessary work to take place.For grades issued last week, I have decided that all awards in Wales, will also be made on the basis of teacher assessment. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2020\/aug\/17\/uk-coronavirus-calls-boris-johnson-intervene-exams-gcse-a-levels-crisis-live-news\" target=\"_blank\">UK coronavirus: Welsh government U-turns on exam results \u2013 live news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh U-turn comes as No 10 faces intensifying pressure over the A-levels and GCSEs exam grading crisis in EnglandBoris Johnson urged to intervene as exam results anger escalatesOfqual \u2018blindsided\u2019 government by revoking A-level appeals processFollow the latest global live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.45pm BST Kate Green MP, Labour\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}