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Local Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Education, Deputy Sorca Clarke, has called on the Minister for Education to listen to the voices and opinions of the nation’s teachers who recently amplified growing concerns for themselves, their students and their profession as a whole.

As the parent of a 2020 Leaving Cert student, I have every sympathy for the class of 2021 and the uncertainty caused by the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic for those students and their families. The debate which surfaced in April of last year has already begun in relation to the leaving cert of 2021, and whether the exam should be conducted in the 'traditional' format, or in a 'predicted grades' scenario, similar to last year.

A €10 million fund has been established to provide technology and devices for disadvantaged students at both primary and secondary levels, Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael Deputy, Peter Burke, confirmed this week.

As we head into the second month of school closures, with the initial novelty of home schooling alongside working from home rapidly wearing off, parents are asking themselves what should they be expecting from their schools as we head into May/June?