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UK govt scrambles as exam fiasco enrages students, parents

by Associated Press
| August 17, 2020 7:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government scrambled Monday to staunch the damage from an exam-grading policy that has left thousands of 18-year-olds without university places and sparked claims of discrimination against disadvantaged students.

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