Comment: Certain cohort of our students sacrificed in the name of educational equality

Are we trying to send a message to our young people that hard work, commitment and sacrifice doesn’t pay, asks David Loughrey

Minister for Education Norma Foley T.D congratulating students Fiona Isdell and Eloise Keogh from Dominican College, Griffith Avenue, Dublin on Leaving Cert Results day. Picture: Chris Bellew /Fennell Photography.

Was I wrong to expect that all students would have been treated fairly in the Leaving Cert Exam of 2020? Yes I was. 

There is a myth in the public domain that it is only private schools that have been impacted by the predictive grade system of 2020. The reality of the situation is that it has gravely impacted strong performing schools be they public or private.