Why aren’t the government cancelling this years iGCSEs?

[GinaJaffacake]

When are they going to address the fact that many Y11s are still being expected to take their IGCSEs this summer? GCSEs have been cancelled but not IGCSEs which many schools opt for. My Y11 daughter has 4 standard GCSEs and 5 IGCSEs. Edexcel are refusing to cancel. She’s missed so much of her courses that she’s in no way prepared to sit the exams. She’s really struggling with her mental health over this and the uncertainty is so hard for them all. Why isn’t either the PM or Gavin Williamson addressing this?

Anybody else worried about this?

Yes, there is already a thread...

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/4129545-will-igcses-go-ahead

They are international and not all countries have cancelled classes. It's up to their schools to arrange teacher assessments. The government cannot tell private schools what curriculum or exams to follow

The government cannot tell private schools what curriculum or exams to follow

Not all schools that sit iGCSE are private. But yes, this isn't a government issue.

@SusannaSpider, thank you. I’m not on here much so didn’t realise there was already a thread.
@movingonup20, our school has said that they’ve asked the board about submitting teacher assessments and they’ve rejected this saying all students must sit the exams.

Yes board that does the UK iGCSEs decides, not the government. However, today the Oxford AQA exam board which administers the IGCSEs outside of the UK (they are taken in 160 countries) has decided not to go ahead with exams, and I cannot see how the Pearson/Cambridge board can still go ahead here.
It is not just private schools but most home educated students too - the problem for them is they do not have assesors who can assign a grade in lieu of exams (likewise those taking them online and relying on a school or exam centre to administer them - they will not have assessed grades either).