'It’s not a climbdown': Teachers back Foley over suspension of teacher-based assessment

ASTI General secretary, Kieran Christie, said: “It’s not a climbdown at all, it is sensible and inevitable.” File picture: Gerard McCarthy 

Teaching unions have welcomed the decision to suspend a move towards teacher-based-assessment on the back of concerns over AI, saying that to have followed through on same would have been “irresponsible”.

On Wednesday, Minister for Education Norma Foley announced she was suspending indefinitely her plans to move the Leaving Cert to a system where 40% of marks would be delivered via students’ own teachers.