Junior Cycle students don't have to sit exams - McHugh - RTE.ie

All third year students are to be awarded certificates for the completion of Junior Cycle by the Department of Education and Skills under new measures announced today.

Following a meeting with education partners, Minister for Education Joe McHugh has also confirmed that schools will be given autonomy to assess students as they see fit, and all students are to receive a report on achievement.

Adult learners will be given the opportunity to take final Junior Cycle examinations in the autumn.

The decision to formally abandon previous plans for schools to assess students in exams in the autumn was taken following recommendations from an advisory group of stakeholders that met this morning.

Minister McHugh said: "In this difficult time for students I have listened to the very strongly held and well-articulated views of students, parents and other stakeholders.

"This decision has been made with the health and wellbeing of students, parents and teachers at the forefront of our thinking.

"It gives students and their families more clarity and certainty. It also gives schools freedom to decide how best to assess the progress of students following three years of hard work and learning."

Last week a number of schools announced that they would not be complying with the original plan to replace the cancelled Junior Certificate exams with autumn school-based tests.

Earlier this month the department announced that Junior Cycle students would sit exams in the autumn drawn up by the State Examinations Commission.

The SEC was not going to be involved in either running the exams nor marking or certifying them.

But there was widespread acceptance that the intended model was unworkable.

There was no way of ensuring that students would not become aware of the content of papers in advance, given that schools were to hold them on different dates.

There was also concern at the difficulties and disruption for schools running such exams in the new school year, and at the fact that 15 and 16-year-old students would have the exams hanging over them over the summer months.

Schools will be free to decide whether to hold online tests for students in coming weeks or to award marks based on work already completed.

There is concern, however, around the relatively small number of students who leave school prior to their Leaving Certificate exams and who may need a Junior Certificate qualification or equivalent to progress to other courses including apprenticeships.

Around 3,700, or 6%, of third year students do not go on to complete their Leaving Certificate.

The minimum requirement for acceptance on an apprenticeship programme for instance requires a Junior Certificate or equivalent qualification.

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