Irish Examiner: More than 30,000 Junior Certificate students taught by teachers on industrial action should now be able to complete an English test next month and avoid missing out on marks.

The development comes as a result of the Department of Education removing a link between the test, worth 10% of marks in Junior Certificate English, and a separate classroom-based assessment (CBA) which Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) refuse to undertake with their students.

While the change requires a formal revision to Department of Education instructions a year ago that students could only do the assessment task if they had completed the CBA, that change is expected to be happen this week. Read article