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Schools Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Ceisteanna (271)

Denise Mitchell

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271. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to help a student (details supplied) who was not informed by the pupil's school of a deadline for course work to be submitted by 11 May 2020. [12578/20]

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My Department has made contact with those students entered for the Leaving Certificate examinations who were studying independently, regarded as ‘out of school’ learners, and will be contacting them again in the coming days with details of the application process that such learners should follow to be considered for calculated grades.

The student referred to by the Deputy should refer to the information provided to him to identify which option is most suited to their individual circumstances. Where students had registered for subjects so as to satisfy the minimum matriculation requirements of a course of further studies the students concerned may wish to contact the Institutions concerned to establish that such requirements continue to apply.

Every effort will be made to provide calculated grades to as many students as possible, provided that there is credible, satisfactory evidence from an appropriate source, on which an estimated percentage mark can be based. However, in the absence of any such evidence from an appropriate source, it will not be possible to provide a calculated grade. In these cases students will have the opportunity to sit the 2020 Leaving Certificate examination at a later date, when it is safe to do so.

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