Top education official to appear at PAC

The issue of thousands of students receiving the wrong calculated grade in their Leaving Cert will not be discussed today.

The Department of Education and Skills will appear before the Public Accounts Committee this afternoon, but the issue of thousands of students receiving the wrong calculated grade in their Leaving Certificate is unlikely to be raised.

Last Monday, committee chair Brian Stanley wrote to Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl requesting that a standing order which appears to limit the questioning ability of the PAC be amended to allow it probe Government bodies on the use of their resources and the effectiveness of their operations.