Reacting to the news that nearly half a million BTec students face anxiety and delays because exam board Pearson pulled the results on the eve of releasing them, Shadow Minister for Education – Suzy Davies MS – said:
“BTec students need to know now that the same focus and energy will be given to securing them fair and certain results as we saw applied to A-levels, GCES and, in our case, AS levels last week.
“Seeing how events unfolded last week, I’d have thought Pearson, the pan-UK awarding body, would have started getting its ‘Plan B’ together a bit sooner.
“The main thing now is that students hear quickly and that the institutions who are expecting to welcome them in a few weeks show some patience and flexibility.”
Earlier, Mrs Davies sent a message to GCSE students receiving their results.