17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT HAD HIS GCSE RESULTS DENIED, AS THERE WERE EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD CHEATED
17-year-old Emil Bednarski, from Kensington Aldridge Academy in west London, is facing with allegations that he had the questions before the exam, as he stated to his school that he had solved a question from the exam, the night before the exam as he was practising.
In the end of the investigation, he had given grade 5, which can be read as high C or low B.
But his parents are furious with the results, as they are sure that their son didn’t cheated on the exam, as he is already successful enough to pass his exam.
“Not guilty of anything, Emil would have been knocked off his A-level education pathway.” Said his father.
“This would have had a significant impact on his prospects for the rest of his life, were it not for his school’s fairness and integrity.”
The headteacher of his school, had supported the student as stated to the board that it is surprising that a cheating student to share the question that he found online before the exam with a teacher.
“This whole saga, which in reality has nothing to do with me, placed me under massive stress… in the middle of my GCSEs.” Emil said to the board.
“We cannot comment on individual investigations — however we take all malpractice allegations very seriously and our expert team investigates each and every one. “ said a spokeperson of Pearson.
“Malpractice is extremely rare. We have well-established processes in place to ensure fair and accurate results.”
“All exam boards use analysis during and after marking to look for tell-tale signs of malpractice in exam papers — both at an individual and cohort level. “
“Our review found no evidence that would require an adjustment to the marking or grading of exams.”
And now, they are under fire again, as there was a data breach on their system, tahat occured on the beginning of this year, as Cambridgeshire Police had investigated.
“We are investigating a data breach where two examination boards had exam papers extracted from their systems and sold online.”
“We are working with the Department for Education and the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit.”
“A 16-year-old boy was arrested on 4 July on suspicion of theft, fraud and computer misuse. He has since been released under investigation while we carry out further enquiries.” Said a spokeperson for the police.
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