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Leaving Cert Oral and Practical Exams Deferred until Easter 2022
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 21/12/2021.
Tags: Parents Education And Politics
The Department of Education today (Monday, 20 December 2021) and the State Examinations Commission hosted online a meeting of the advisory group of stakeholders on planning for the State Examinations 2022.
The group, which previously provided advice in relation to the 2020 and 2021 State Examinations, includes representatives of students, parents, teachers, school leadership and management bodies, the State Examinations Commission (SEC), the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the Department of Education, including the National Educational Psychological Service.
At today’s meeting, the group discussed the arrangements for Leaving Certificate Oral Examinations in Irish and the Modern Foreign Languages and the practical performance tests in Leaving Certificate Music.
These examinations will take place outside of school time over the first week of the school Easter holidays, with the examinations running in schools during the six-day period Saturday 9 April to Thursday 14 April inclusive. Working with the SEC, and the SEC examiners assigned to the school in each subject, schools will have some flexibility in scheduling the examinations during this period based on local needs.
Providing clarity to students on the timing of the examinations will assist them in planning their study and break times. Running the oral examinations before Easter will leave students free over the second week of the Easter holidays.
All aspects of the examinations will be conducted in accordance with the prevailing Public Health advice.
Holding these examinations over Easter and outside of school time will minimise disruption for schools and students.
It will also help to ensure that greater numbers of teachers can participate in this important examining work without impacting on teacher supply.
It is planned that the Junior Cycle Music practical performance test and the Home Economics practical test will take place during school time as normal.
The advisory group also received an update on preparation of the Department’s Action Plan for Education 2022.
The group will meet again in the New Year.
Source: gov.ie
SchoolDays
(22/12/2021 11:03)
ASTI comment regarding oral exams announcement
The ASTI notes the arrangements for oral exams in Irish and modern foreign languages and the music practical exam for Leaving Certificate 2022 to be held during the Easter holiday period.
Covid-19 has impacted second-level school systems and school communities in many ways. Throughout this challenging time, teachers have shown significant flexibility in the interests of their students and a deep commitment to their wellbeing and education.
The State Examinations Commission has committed to issuing more detailed guidance in the New Year and the ASTI will be working to ensure that the concerns of ASTI members are allayed.
“The arrangements set out for 2022 are a further challenge to the system, the teachers and the students for whom the Easter break will be cut short. ASTI members’ commitment to their students and the preservation of high standards of teaching, learning and assessment has been enormously important in this pandemic,” said ASTI President Eamon Dennehy.
keith
(09/03/2022 10:41)
what an absolute joke, schools have only conveyed this information to students today. we have holidays booked for the first week of easter and now our daughter wont be able to come or else have to miss her orals.