Good Morning Britain viewers all have the same complaint as students open GCSE results LIVE on TV

GOOD Morning Britain viewers slammed the show today for making GCSE students open their results live on air.

Hosts Adil Ray and Kate Garraway cut to correspondent Nitya Rajan at Crown Hill Community College in Leicester where nervous students waited to discover if they'd achieved the grades they were hoping for.

Standing in front of teachers and their peers, one by one they opened envelopes containing their results.

Before each reveal, Nitya asked what they were hoping for. Nearly all answered they just wanted to do well enough to set themselves up on the next step of their education journey.

In some cases Nitya appeared to digest the results faster than the stunned students - who all achieved good grades.

One viewer said: "I feel so bad for kids opening their results on TV, trying to digest it and being rushed by the presenter. It’s nerve wracking enough."

Another posted: "Appalling TV @GMB showing young kids opening their exam results live on TV, coupled with a presenter that is making up results."

A third said: "It’s so cruel of @GMB to put these young people opening their grades on live TV and just puts more pressure on these exams which don’t matter a whole lot in later life."

Last year the traditional A*-G grades were scrapped and replaced with a 9-1 system amid reforms, with 9 the highest result.

A 4 is broadly equivalent to a C grade, and a 7 broadly equivalent to an A.

In 2017 the grading system was overhauled so that instead of using letters as had been the tradition, students would receive a number 1-9.

2020 was the first time that all students received their grades with the new system after a few years of phasing it in.

The number system came into place in an attempt to make GCSEs tougher.

It's believed it helps students appear more attractive to potential employers as higher grades now have more distinction than the old system.