The guidelines provided to students taking their GCSE biology exams this week have caused confusion and left a number of students in tears.
The advice provided by AQA, the country’s largest examination board, gave students an idea of what will and will not be assessed according to government councils this year. But some have already claimed that incorrect information was given for each of the biology papers (one biology exam and two combined articles).
One student, Ree, tweeted: “Will you give us a justification for why the exam aids are not accurate at all. We were told that cancer and antibiotics would not be there, but they were. And they cost more than the required practice, which was the main focus, please explain. “
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Another student said that they did not prepare the topic for cancer because they were wrongly told that there would be no questions about it. The man wrote: “Tell us there will be no questions about cancer, so you have to answer questions about cancer #shocking.”
Others accused the AQA of “ruining” the students’ future. Twitter user Andy Duff said: “Can anyone understand why @AQA set out guidelines for Monday’s GCSE Biology Paper and then made students sit one that was unrelated to what they said. It leaves many in tears and potentially ruining their future, having already suffered the worst education in history. “
However, others said the information provided was correct. Kat Williams wrote: “I am a science teacher and the expanded information on the 4 different reports was accurate as far as I can see by analyzing the documents. I teach 4 different groups of 11 years, which cover the 4 reports and they were all different in content, so you had to follow the extended information carefully. “
Responding to complaints, the AQA, which denied the guidelines were inaccurate, said it appeared that the students “may have used the preliminary information for a different biological work than the one they were sitting on”.
Anyone who has encountered such problems is encouraged to talk to their school about it.
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