Attention: Edexcel
I would like to appeal to the authorities of Edexcel International and the British Council through you. Some of us are aware of the fact that the syllabus of GCE O level and A level changed recently. The syllabus that the Edexcel authorities had been running since 2000 gave way to a new syllabus for both O level and A level, with considerable changes in the format as well. I would like to put forward an appeal on behalf of the candidates who appeared in the A level examination in the Legacy syllabus (old syllabus) in the January session 2010, this was the last examination that was to be held under the Legacy syllabus. Many of us failed to achieve desired grades and we wish to give improvements on them to get better results. The option we now have is to sit for the subjects under the new syllabus, and in my case I want to sit only for A2 level (the second part of the complete A level) but I cannot do so as the Legacy syllabus has been discontinued from the January 2010 session. And if I want to reappear in the examination to get a better result, I will have to cover the whole new syllabus within a short time and sit for all the six units to get a complete certificate. Which is a burden to me, and students like me.
Needless to say, we are under mental pressure due to the fact that we did not do well in the exams and now we have no chance to rectify the errors we made in the past exams. This will obviously have a huge impact on our lives as we will not be able to get admission in a good university.
I would like to request the relevant authorities to take necessary steps so that we get another chance to appear in the A2 units in the upcoming session.
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