Education officials 'determined' to run conventional Leaving Cert exams next year

Flexibility around deadlines for practical elements of exams will be taken into account, the committee heard. File Picture 

The State exams next summer are planned to go ahead in a manner as close to normal as possible, officials from the Department of Education have told an Oireachtas education committee.

The department is “determined” to run conventional Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams in 2021, the committee heard, but contingency plans will also be considered.