Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018
264. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the documentation a person (details supplied) can send to his Department in view of the fact that a university (details supplied) does not award students with letters or certificates on a percentage basis and only acknowledges pass or fail on letters. [49253/18]
View answerThe issue referred to by the Deputy relates to a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE). The position is that post primary PGCE is awarded on an unclassified pass/fail basis and the associated allowance is paid at pass Higher Diploma level. In order for the allowance to be upgraded to honours Higher Diploma level the teacher concerned must present her employer with a letter from the awarding University stating “that had the PGCE been awarded on a percentage basis, the overall result would have been equal to or higher than 55%”.
