Students and teachers told not to wear masks during Leaving Cert orals

Perspex screens are to be used between students and the teacher interviewing them, according to official guidance issued by the State Examinations Commission. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Students and teachers have been directed not to wear masks during the Leaving Cert oral exams as they could “interfere with proper and clear communication". 

Perspex screens are to be used instead between students and the teacher interviewing them, according to official guidance issued by the State Examinations Commission (SEC). Oral exams are set to take place in schools between March 26 and April 15, under very different circumstances to previous years.