Vegetarian GCSE student, 16, disqualified after criticising halal meat in exam

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Exam board OCR is said to have accused Abigail Ward, 16, of making 'obscene racial comments' in her paper at Gildredge House school in Eastbourne, East Sussex

A vegetarian GCSE pupil was disqualified after criticising halal meat in a Religious Studies exam, it has today emerged.She was informed by exam board OCR after committing a "malpractice offence".

 

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This is rather a misleading headline. A student made some comments in an exam that appeared to be extremist in nature, the person marking the exam in keeping with the government own Prevent Policy raised a concern. When all the facts were known the student was reinstated.

You can't criticise Islam in the UK They simply have too much voting power now. I believe Muslims can now flip a MP in 70 constituencies.

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