AQO 1052/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 22/10/2020
Answered On Date: 10/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what level of COVID-19-related individual absence or school closures would activate centre assessed grades for examinations in 2021.

Answer:

It is sensible to plan for 2021 examinations taking place, and I have agreed a wide range of adaptations to GCSEs and A levels to reduce assessment burden. CCEA is now working at pace and engaging with schools to develop contingency arrangements to deal with a range of potential public health scenarios in the event that there is further significant disruption as the year progresses.