Education minister needs to reassure students about grades, opposition warns

Education minister Norma Foley should reassure parents and students that grades will not be dowgraded based on background, Labour Party spokesperson on education Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Students are facing a “whirlwind of upset” come September if concerns about the calculated grades system are not addressed immediately by the Minister for Education.

That is the warning from opposition parties who, again, repeated their calls for further transparency around the system being used to calculate this year’s Leaving Cert results.