KUALA LUMPUR: Colleges offering A-Level should work together to appeal and have the grades reviewed on behalf of their students.
Educationist Professor Datuk Dr Noraini Idris said colleges must work together to correct the situation that saw many students disappointed with their A-Level results that were downgraded.
"They must appeal. Some parents have already started questioning why (the United Kingdom's) Cambridge (Assessment International Education) did something like this.
"All these while, if you are good then you're good. If you are average, then you are average, but not so rigorous like this," she said when contacted.
She urged the Higher Education Ministry to intervene on this matter.
"Perhaps the ministry could help on behalf of the colleges," she said adding it was crucial for the matter to be resolved properly.
"I have met some good students who had their results downgraded, they have become demoralised not only in terms of academic performance but also their self-confidence.
"Their parents have spent so much for their education and to have this happening when it was not their fault is demoralising," she said.
She said the downgraded grade dashed many students' dreams of entering their first choice university and course.
Noraini said she believed that the colleges had followed the standard operating procedures as outlined by Cambridge for the exam.
On Aug 11, the release of the Cambridge A-level results for the May/June session drew huge criticisms on the issue of equality in education, with many students had their results downgraded based on an algorithm-based grading system adopted in place of physical examinations.
Physical exams for A-levels this year were earlier scrapped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Other physical papers cancelled were Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge AICE Diploma, and Cambridge Pre-U.