Slippery slope arguments, Rob? 
The Joint Council for Qualification advised that the actual impact on the overall exam window will be slight (a week or so over 5 years); since that pretty reasonable and as long as everyone has the same amount of time to study for their exams, does it really matter when, exactly, in the window or day it's sat? Additionally, Ramadan is only having this impact for 5 years; this will be a temporary accommodation.
One could argue that we should align this (and future) year's exam window to those of previous years, to ensure fairness of opportunity but I have no religious affiliation and Maths A-levels this year are scheduled for more than 3 weeks later than my slot. Should I complain to the board and have my scores artificially inflated to represent the aggregate improvement caused by the extra revision time they benefited from?
IMO, it's an obfuscation by the right-wing, designed to hide an inflammatory proposition: those pesky muslamic A-rabs, comin' over here and takin' our exam slots!
The Joint Council for Qualification advised that the actual impact on the overall exam window will be slight (a week or so over 5 years); since that pretty reasonable and as long as everyone has the same amount of time to study for their exams, does it really matter when, exactly, in the window or day it's sat? Additionally, Ramadan is only having this impact for 5 years; this will be a temporary accommodation.
One could argue that we should align this (and future) year's exam window to those of previous years, to ensure fairness of opportunity but I have no religious affiliation and Maths A-levels this year are scheduled for more than 3 weeks later than my slot. Should I complain to the board and have my scores artificially inflated to represent the aggregate improvement caused by the extra revision time they benefited from?
IMO, it's an obfuscation by the right-wing, designed to hide an inflammatory proposition: those pesky muslamic A-rabs, comin' over here and takin' our exam slots!
Sum ergo sum
