{"id":1221,"date":"2020-09-30T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/lack-of-transparency-in-governments-leaving-cert-grades-system\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:54:07","slug":"lack-of-transparency-in-governments-leaving-cert-grades-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/lack-of-transparency-in-governments-leaving-cert-grades-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of transparency in Government\u2019s Leaving Cert grades system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s approach to the calculated grades system has been marked by a lack of transparency and last-minute decisions which has only added to the uncertainty and stress of students this year. That\u2019s according to Holly Cairns TD, Social Democrats Spokesperson for Further and Higher Education.<\/p>\n<p>Holly said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister has informed us today that 6,500 students got a grade below what they should have \u2013 that\u2019s over 10% affected, which is incredible. It will only become clear in the next few days how this has impacted on individual students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with cases from across West Cork of students who were marked down in the standardisation process. This situation highlights more problems with this system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister needs to immediately put forward solutions at a substantially quicker pace than has been exhibited to date. All students should get the places in further and higher education they worked so hard for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince April, I have been seeking a more transparent system and I had asked the previous Minister to put greater monitoring processes in place. The technical reports on the calculated grades system published in early September will need to be re-examined and the results shared to fully explain what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 30, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s approach to the calculated grades system has been marked by a lack of transparency and last-minute decisions which has only added to the uncertainty and stress of students this year. That\u2019s according to Holly Cairns TD, Social Democrats Spokesperson for Further and Higher Education. 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