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Challenge against Leaving Cert calculated grades system opens before the High Court

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Elijah Burke said the State’s decision means he cannot advance to third-level education for another year.

A DECISION NOT to consider a home-schooled Leaving Cert student’s application for calculated grades is “unjust and discriminatory”, the High Court has heard.

This is because his tutor, his mother Ms Martina Burke, was in a position of direct conflict of interest and that accepting estimated marks from a family member would undermine the integrity and credibility of the process. He also seeks an order quashing parts of the calculated grades scheme imposing a blanket exclusion on parents acting as tutors for homeschooled children.

The court heard that there are a small number of students in a similar position to Elijah, approximately 10 others.

 

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