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Transfer tests: Exams put back until January 2021

written by John September 2, 2020
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THE providers of post-primary transfer tests in the North of Ireland have agreed to hold this year’s exams in January.

The proposed two month postponement to the AQE and PPTC exams follows disruption to schoolwork due to COVID-19.

The suggested date for the first test is Saturday, January 9, the High Court heard on Wednesday.

The Department of Education previously postponed the exams, which normally take place in November, by two weeks.

However lawyers representing two pupils due to sit the tests challenged that decision in the High Court.

They contended the decision to delay the tests by a matter of weeks amid so much disruption to children’s education was unlawful.

On Wednesday the High Court heard Education Minister Peter Weir had offered the two test providers a preference of dates.

AQE preferred moving the exams to January.

A lawyer for PPTC told the court they believed it was best to keep all tests together.

The mother of one of the two children who challenged the initial decision welcomed the development.

“My daughter and I are delighted with the result we achieved today,” she said in a statement issued through her lawyers.

“We hope that this will go some way to address the educational disadvantages experienced by some children during lockdown.

“We are both frustrated and disappointed that it took to the very last minute for this decision to be made and that we had to take legal action in the first place.

“This decision demonstrates that those involved could have taken action on this sooner and showing that all children are at the heart of the decisions made.”

Transfer tests: Exams put back until January 2021 was last modified: September 2nd, 2020 by John

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