Mr. Michael Gillespie:

Our members are reporting on every subject, including mathematics and music. In music, the vast majority of students do singing in the oral for music. There is no clarity about how the second component of assessments are going to be carried out in the new year. They are very much a part of the new leaving certificate. The class of 2021 is now the priority. The class of 2020 is doing examinations in schools as we speak up until 11 December. It would take me a long time to go through each recommendation we have made for each subject. We had a meeting yesterday with the Department in which we raised the concerns we have subject by subject. The planning has started now and there is due to be a meeting of all the stakeholders next week on this issue. What we are calling for is certainty for the class of 2021, sooner rather than later. We do not want a repeat of the on-again, off-again that occurred earlier this year.