With fees in excess of €7,000 per student, full-time grind schools have always justified their cost on the basis that their results speak for themselves. Overall, they say, 44 per cent of teachers’ grades were lowered compared with an average of 17 per cent. But it’s not just grind schools that are angry at the outcome of the new process. How is this wrong to be righted?”The Department of Education, however, has said the calculated grades process was “blind” and there is no evidence of bias towards any school type. Even so, some high-achieving schools still insist that overall grades this year are significantly down on last year.

Source: The Irish Times September 11, 2020 03:56 UTC