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Universities in the U.K. offer final-year high school students places based on grades predicted by their teachers. Admission is contingent on the results of final exams, known as A Levels.This year, with schools largely shut since March and no exams, education authorities in England ran the predicted grades through an algorithm, intended to standardize results, that compared them with schools’ past performance.
“Seventy of my students have not had their first choice of university,” she said. “Normally that would be about five, or 10 maybe, students.” “This group of young people have lost out on so much already; we must ensure that bright, capable students can progress on their next step,” said Paymaster General Penny Mordaunt.Defence Minister Johnny Mercer said there were “clear injustices” in the system.
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