Cabinet ministers are set to approve an alternative plan for the Leaving Cert exams this morning.
It’s understood the examinations will be cancelled and replaced with a system of predictive grades.
It’s thought students who are not happy with the grades given will have the chance to sit a written exam, but that that may not be available until very late this year or into 2021.
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Yesterday Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said students, parents and teachers will have clarity by the end of this week, and an announcement is expected in the early afternoon.
Deputy Head of Rice College in Ennis, John Byrne believes predictive grades aren’t the perfect solution, saying differing assessments in different schools is just one of the issues.
