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Plans for reopening second-level schools and a compromise Leaving Cert are now facing hardline resistance from the secondary teachers’ union.

Plans for reopening second-level schools and a compromise Leaving Cert are now facing hardline resistance from the secondary teachers’ union.

Around 4,000 students will be attending special schools per day from today.

If the similar system of calculated grades remains, points could increase.

Minister Foley taken aback after ASTI pulls out of Leaving Cert planning talks The union has said that the plans from the department would not provide a “meaningful Leaving Certificate” for students. By Rónán Duffy Thursday 11 Feb 2021, 9:02 PM Feb 11th 2021, 6:38 PM 54,703 Views 181 Comments Image: Laura Hutton/Rollingnews.ie Updated F...

Teachers union the ASTI has withdrawn from discussions on this years Leaving Certificate.

The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has pulled out of talks on this year’s Leaving...

Education Correspondent The Minister for Education has invited ASTI trade union leadership to meet her to discuss the unions withdrawal from talks aimed at finding a way of assessing this years Leaving Certificate students. The ASTI pulled out of the talks in protest at what it said was the prioritisation of a calculated grade type assessment over the sitting of exams. The secondary teachers’ union said it was withdrawing pending a guarantee that negotiations will focus on what it said a...

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day. 1. #DEBUNKED: Staff at a number of hospitals around the country have criticised videos on anti-Covid-19 social media pages which suggest that hospitals are secretly ‘empty’, describing them as wrong and misleading. 2. #BREXIT DANGER: Police are to hold talks later today with partner agencies after physical Brexit checks at Belfast and Larne ports were suspended amid safety concerns. 3. #LEAVING CERT...

Leaving Certificate Written Exam Results Now Available Share this article Students who sat the leaving cert exams can now view their results online. The examinations were made available to all students who wished to sit them after over 60,000 students received Calculated Grades last September. Over 2000 students decided to sit the papers in November. Half of them received a higher result than their calculated grade in one or more subjects. The State Examinations Commission says overall almost ...