Education minister appeals findings over rights of home-schooled students

Minister has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a significant finding that the exclusion of two home-schooled students from the 2020 Leaving Certificate calculated grades process breached their constitutional rights

Appeal arises from two cases taken by home-schooled Leaving Cert students who were awarded calculated grades after the High Court found in their favour. File picture: Paddy Cummins/IrishPhotoDesk.ie

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021 - 17:43

Ann O’Loughlin

The Minister for Education has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a significant finding that the exclusion of two home-schooled students from the 2020 Leaving Certificate calculated grades process breached their constitutional rights.

The appeal centres on whether the Court of Appeal was correct in identifying a new constitutional right for home-schooled students to have their interests taken reasonably into account when the State is formulating educational policy.