Post-secondary students are calling on the University of Saskatchewan to temporarily change its grading system, citing concerns with how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect their final marks.
Students have been learning remotely since mid-March. First-year engineering student Morgan Mutschler, 19, started an online petition Monday evening, urging the university to give students the option to take pass/fail grades.
As of Wednesday evening, more than 1,600 people had signed the petition. “Unfortunately, the environment just isn’t as ideal learning from home, so grades are going to be affected by that,” Mutschler told Global News, noting some people have run into problems with technology and distractions at home. “You don’t have that direct