JUSTICE FOR EXTERNAL LEAVING CERTIFICATE CANDIDATES
Joined May 2020
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Home-schooled Leaving Cert students feel abandoned by predicted grades scheme (via @IrishTimes) irishtimes.com/news/educatio…
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@2020External @time_lc @issu4u @VoiceforTeacher
Home-educated students have been ignored by Government in the Calculated Grades process. Would like to hear from anyone else affected by this - msg below or DM #LeavingCert2020 #LeavingCert #homeschooling #calculatedgrades
2020 External Candidates retweeted
39 days after Calculated Grades #LeavingCert2020 were announced, my homeschooled brother has heard NOTHING from @Education_Ire. He has been completely forgotten by @McHughJoeTD. He has worked v. hard for exams & this treatment is unbelievably cruel @ThomasByrneTD @Donnchadhol
2020 External Candidates retweeted
I'm taking action to have subjects studied outside school recognised for the #LeavingCert. Many students study outside of school for a variety of reasons. They should not be dismissed. Can you join me by signing this petition? my.uplift.ie/petitions/recog… via @UpliftIRL
2020 External Candidates retweeted
External candidates need answers. They have been left almost a full month with no certainty regarding their future which has caused an unbelievable amount of stress & anxiety. The silence from @McHughJoeTD is unacceptable. Zero consideration for this minority group of students.
2020 External Candidates retweeted
Speaking in the Dáil shortly will be raising the issue of @2020External among other issues incl special education, return to school plans and planning for temporary accommodation with Minister for Education
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The category referred to might opt in but be refused, due to lack of evidence/access to registered teacher. Surely it should be possible to arrange some form of online examination for such a small cohort as is involved.
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Hi Joe, just wondering when my home-educated brother, who has studied hard for his Leaving Certificate exams, will know how the Calculated Grades process works for him. It is beyond unfair that 18 days after the announcement, he still has no idea where he stands. #LeavingCert
2020 External Candidates retweeted
Very worried that the Department has no plan B for students who will not get calculated grades. It may be a very small category, but they deserve the same chance to get a grade, and access 3rd level as anyone else.
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2020 External Candidates retweeted
It isn’t acceptable and there needs to be a plan b for students like you. Writing to minister and chair of steering group today
2020 External Candidates retweeted
All schools have letters for students & handy guide/info. External students getting emails.
Students will also indicate the level at which they intended to take an exam.
When all are registered, @Education_Ire will ask at a later stage for students to opt for Calculated Grades.
2020 External Candidates retweeted
The leaving cert candidate portal goes live tomorrow and there’s still no update for external candidates/ home tutored and others. @McHughJoeTD @1GaryGannon @AodhanORiordain @ThomasByrneTD @Donnchadhol @MickBarryTD
2020 External Candidates retweeted
I have written an email to you in regards to the current situation of external candidates and waited days for a response only to receive a generic email from your private secretary at the same time as other external candidates. This is completely unacceptable. @McHughJoeTD
2020 External Candidates retweeted
No one is talking about alternative solutions for external candidates. We’re a minority but we still count 🙃 @AodhanORiordain @McHughJoeTD @ThomasByrneTD @MickBarryTD @Donnchadhol
2020 External Candidates retweeted
This notion that it’s too dangerous to hold an exam for a small number of students in August so we must predict the grades so a large number of students can congregate in colleges the following month is actual lunacy. #LeavingCert #leavingcertificate2020