Group tasked to plan state exams to meet today

This week, Simon Harris, the Minister for Higher and Further Education, said he would like to have plans for the Leaving Cert by the end of the month. 'We're going to need to map out exactly how that's going to happen' Picture Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The group tasked with contingency planning for the state exams is due to meet today to discuss arrangements for this year's students who have spent almost a school term learning remotely. 

Between this January and the first lockdown last year, sixth-year students have so far missed almost four months of in-class learning due to extended school closures.