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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 December 2020

Thursday, 3 December 2020

Questions (221)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Question:

221. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing students such as the case of a student (details supplied) who wishes to repeat the leaving certificate year; the direction her Department is giving regarding applications to secondary schools regarding requests to facilitate repeating a leaving certificate school; the number of students that have been facilitated to enrol in schools to repeat sixth year for the past five years; the number being facilitated in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40829/20]

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Department Circular M02/95 sets out the position for those students who wish to repeat a year at post primary level. Schools have discretion to accept applications form students who wish to repeat a school year.

Schools have been advised to positively consider requests from those students seeking to repeat their final year for the purposes of repeating their Leaving Certificate in the context of COVID-19.

Schools in making such decisions will have to factor in local circumstances such physical space, classroom layout, timetables and numbers of such request received by the school.

The school in the case referred to by the Deputy has confirmed that while they are unable to physically accommodate the student, they are happy to assist the student in his learning and course and project work, including engagement with individual teachers as he works towards repeating his examinations.

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