Home-schooled student launches judicial review over calculated grades
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A home-schooled Leaving Cert student has launched judicial review proceedings against the Department of Education after it refused to give him a calculated grade based on estimates from his tutor, his mother.
The case brought by Elijah Burke opened before Mr Justice Charles Meenan in the High Court yesterday, The Irish Times reports.
He claims the exclusion of home-school students from the calculated grades process breaches his rights under the Article 42 of the Constitution and the Education (Welfare) Act 2000.
The Department of Education refuses to accept estimated marks from his tutor, his mother Martina Burke, because it would undermine the integrity and credibility of the process.
There are around 10 students in a similar position to Mr Burke, the court heard.
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