ASTI: State exams must go ahead in 2021 'no matter what'

At a meeting with the Minister for Education on Monday, Ms Piggot said they were told that schools were “very safe places” and would reopen on Monday next. Picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

The president of the Association of Secondary Students in Ireland (ASTI) has said that State exams must go ahead in 2021 “no matter what”.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Today show, Ms Piggott said that the content of exam papers may need to be changed because of the current situation and that if time was needed to catch up that teachers would be willing to discuss the matter with the Department of Education.