The examining body for next weekend s transfer test has confirmed that almost 8,000 Primary 7 pupils will sit the test as planned.
The first transfer test, run by AQE, is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, with two further papers to be taken by pupils hoping to attend grammar schools in Northern Ireland to follow on January 16 and January 23.
A statement from the exams body echoes what Education Minster Peter Weir said on Thursday, that there would be no change to the transfer tests schedule despite primary school pupils moving to remote learning from next Monday after the return to school after the Christmas holidays was delayed by a week.
Scrap exams for the sake of students, pleads councillor Posted: 12:00 pm December 18, 2020
By Roisin Henderson
THERE have been increasing calls for next year’s GCSE and A Level exams to be scrapped.
Last week Cllr Sheamus Greene, pictured below, who is a father and a school bus driver, calling on the exams to be cancelled and for the North to follow the Welsh model of continuous assessment this academic year.
Cllr Greene’s motion stated that “due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council recognises the unprecedented stress that has been placed on this year’s GCSE and A Level students.”