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A Cork TD Has Called The System Of Calculated Grades 'Discriminatory And Unjust' Towards Students

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

03:29 9 May 2020


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The system will replace this year's Leaving Cert exams

Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Education Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has been reacting to yesterday's news which saw the traditional written exams cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Students will instead get a predicted grade or have the option to sit the tests at a later date.

Teachers will provide a score for each subject and it'll have to be approved by the school principal.

In a statement issued to RedFM News, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire says this alternative leaves room for student profiling:

A Cork TD Has Called The System Of Calculated Grades 'Discriminatory And Unjust' Towards Students

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