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Angry pupils challenge UK government over virus-hit exams

Students are holding protest marches and are threatening legal action, arguing that the system to determine final grades has penalised bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds. [AFP]

After months of criticism over its response to coronavirus, the British government is facing a new battle -- from students in revolt over the grading of cancelled exams.

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