Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education

Dr. Harold Hislop:

There have been no adjustments made to examinations for that cohort of students. On the grounds of equity with the students who got calculated grades, the teachers were asked to estimate grades, marks and rankings on the basis of what the student would have achieved if he or she had done the full syllabus and participated in the full examination as normal. They were given an estimate on that basis. The same basis would, therefore, apply for the students of the November cohort. The November cohort is atypical. It is not the normal group of students, obviously, as some students will be taking the exam because they were not able to take those subjects as a calculated grade or not able to be given a calculated grade, and some of the students preferred to take the examinations, but there have been no adjustments made.