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Advisory Group for Contingency Planning for State Examinations 2020


Who we are

The group has ceased activities and reconvened as the Advisory Group on Planning for State Examinations.

What we do

Advisory Group established to identify and advise the Minister and State Examinations Commission on altered arrangements for the running of the 2020 state examinations, the certification of students’ learning in 2020 and any consequential actions arising.

The expected timeframe for the group is April 2020 to September 2020. The group will meet twice weekly at the outset.

Terms of Reference

  • To enable all examination candidates to be enabled to demonstrate their learning achievements to their best ability despite the disruption to their learning caused by the Covid-19 crisis
  • All Leaving Certificate (LC) candidates to receive a fair recognition for their learning achievements so that they will be able to use their LC grades to seek entry to higher or further education or the world of work in autumn 2020
  • To minimise, as far as possible, the particular impact that school closures have had on the learning and examination performances of vulnerable groups of students. These include students from disadvantaged backgrounds (including students in homelessness or emergency accommodation, students in refugee/asylum seeker accommodation), students for whom remote learning has not worked well, and students with special educational needs
  • To care for students’ well-being by reducing any additional stress that may be caused for them by the Covid-19 crisis, including stress associated with uncertainty, disrupted learning, economic stress, family bereavements and pressures to gain places in higher and further education
  • To minimise any risks to the safety and health of students and their families, and to the safety and health of teachers and other school and SEC staff who enable them to participate in examinations or other assessments.

Membership

Seán Ó Foghlú
(Chairperson) Secretary General, Department of Education (DE)
*
Reuban Murray
President, Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU)
Alison Dervan
Student Voice Development Manager, ISSU
Áine Lynch
Chief Executive, National Parents’ Council – Primary (NPC-P)
Mai Fanning President
National Parents’ Council – Post-Primary (NPC-PP)
Ann Piggott
President, Association of Secondary teachers Ireland (ASTI)
Kieran Christie
General Secretary, ASTI
Martin Marjoram
President, Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI)
Michael Gillespie
General Secretary, TUI
John Curtis
General Secretary, Joint Managerial Body (JMB)
John Irwin
General Secretary, Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools (ACCS)
Nessa White
General Secretary, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)
Clive Byrne
Chief Executive, National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD)
Aidan Farrell
Chief Executive, State Examinations Commission (SEC)
Andrea Feeney
Director, Calculated Grades Executive Office, DE
John Hammond
Chief Executive, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)
William Beausang
Assistant Secretary General, DFHERIS
Keith Moynes
Assistant Secretary General, DFHERIS
Anne Tansey
Director, National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS)
Harold Hislop
Chief Inspector, DE
Deirdre Shanley
Assistant Secretary General, DE
Dalton Tattan
Assistant Secretary General, DE
Yvonne Keating
Deputy Chief Inspector, DE
Orlaith O’Connor
Assistant Chief Inspector, DE
Eamonn Moran
Principal Officer, DE
Ciara Molloy
Assistant Principal Officer, DE
Alan Wall
Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority (HEA), Observer
  • = Designated public official

Meetings Documentation

Advisory Group for Contingency Planning for State Examinations 2020

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