Minister 'jettisoned' her commitments, calculated grades challenge hears

In his action, Mr Sherry of Newtown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, claims a direction by the Minister (pictured) last August to remove school historical records in the calculated grades process resulted in him being unfairly downgraded by 55 points in His Leaving Cert. File photo: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The Minister for Education breached commitments to keep the 2020 Leaving Certificate fair and accurate and comparable to other years' results by not including historical school data in the calculated grade process, the High Court has heard.

The claim was made by lawyers during the first day of the hearing of the lead challenge brought by a Leaving Cert student against the calculated grades process and awarding of college places for 2020.