Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on a special case regarding predictive grading relating to the leaving certificate 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13521/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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A process is in place for students who are attending school were also studying a Leaving Certificate subject or subjects outside of school.

The Calculated Grades Executive Office (CGEO) is receiving reports from schools on the students taking subjects outside of school for whom schools were unable to provide an estimated percentage mark in a particular subject.

Following an assessment of the reports from schools, the CGEO will make contact with the school to confirm the process undertaken to arrive at a decision that an estimated mark could not be provided.

Every effort will be made to provide a calculated grade for as many students as possible where they are taking subjects outside of school, provided there is credible and satisfactory evidence, from an appropriate source, on which an estimated percentage mark can be based.

Where this is not possible, students will have the opportunity to sit the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a later date when safe to do so.

It should be noted that the Irish University Association (IUA) announced on 25 June that, in the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, students who have applied for a Calculated Grade in a subject or subjects in the Leaving Certificate 2020, with a view to satisfying matriculation/basic minimum entry requirements and for whom the CGEO has been unable to award such a grade in the subject(s), will be granted an exemption in the subject(s) solely for matriculation/basic minimum entry purposes. Full details can be found on the IUA website.