Students with additional needs could have access to time keepers for state exams

IE EE LIVE NEWS 06/06/2018 …
A school classroom set up for the leaving and junior certificate state examinations.
Picture: Denis Minihane.
(Editorial note – school not being identified in caption).

Students with additional needs could soon have access to a time keeper during their Junior or Leaving Cert.

It’s among a number of memos about the RACE scheme the Education Minister is bringing to cabinet today.

The programme already offers a number of accommodations for students with disabilities, including extra time, dedicated readers and brail exam papers.

Minister Hildegarde Naughton explains the new accommodation:

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