Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020
162. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have not applied for a calculated grade online due to take the leaving certificate in 2020; if his officials have examined the reasons for these students not applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11977/20]
View answerThe Calculated Grades Student Portal opened for registration to Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students on Tuesday 26 May. All Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students were required to register on the portal between 10am Tuesday 26 May and 10pm Thursday 28 May. The deadline for registration was subsequently extended to 12pm on Friday 29 May.
In each of the last three years (2017-19), around 800 students have been entered for Leaving Certificate examinations but have not sat the examinations. As of Thursday 18 June, a further 195 students due to take their Leaving Certificate in 2020 had registered via the Calculated Grades Student Portal, leaving a total of 683 yet to complete the registration process.
The Calculated Grades Student Portal will reopen in the coming weeks at which point students will be asked to opt in to receive calculated grades.
I want to thank the almost 99% of students who have registered to date and assure the Deputy that the Calculated Grades Executive Office continues to attempt to engage with those students yet to register. This includes either direct contact with the students themselves, if they are external students, or with the school which had entered these students for their examinations.
