Maynooth Education Campus
Issue: 07
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27 | March | 2020
MEC Schools Closure
Extended
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T aoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Dept of Education is optimistic that
schools might reopen in May and June. Mr Varadkar also stated, "there is
a very good chance" that the Leaving Certificate exams will go ahead and
for that reason, he would encourage students to continue studying for
exams. The Government is doing "everything possible or feasible that we
can so that that group of young people could start college as normal in
October".
On Tuesday, 24th of March Minister for Education Joe McHugh also
confirmed that schools will not be reopening in the short term as efforts
continue to stop the spread of Covid-19. Concerning state examinations,
Mr McHugh said that his department "really want to make those exams
happen". He said they owed it to young people to "see this through and
try to have the exams this year" and elaborated that "the dates that are
defined for this year" and his department is working towards this.
Taoiseach added that if this does not happen,
then the Minister for Education is working on
contingency plans to allow the Leaving Cert to
go ahead. "The Junior Cert also if possible", he
added. Minister McHugh has acknowledged
that this "is an extremely difficult time for
everyone, not least students and their
parents".
In a statement, he said his message to students
facing exams is that they should keep focused,
keep working and try, as much as possible, to
prepare as normal for the state exams. "We are
doing everything in our power to make sure
those exams happen".
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