Education Minister Peter Weir announces return to public GCSE, AS and A-Level exams next year
He said young people, however, will have fewer tests
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Education Minister Peter Weir visits Wallace high School in Lisburn and chats to year 14 pupil Rachel Wilson
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Education Minister Peter Weir said in January that all GCSE, AS and A2 exams due to take place in January, February, May and June will be cancelled
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Education Minister Peter Weir (Image: Justin Kernoghan/Belfast Live)
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A Level and GCSE pupils could be facing more exam pressure than ever when they return to the classroom on March 22 - despite not having any formal exams to sit this summer.
And students have called on Northern Ireland exams body CCEA to immediately revisit the grading guidelines issued to schools last week, saying what awaits students is a violent stream of tests and the conditions will be dangerous for mental health .
The new arrangements introduced by CCEA following the cancellation of exams could leave some pupils facing 40 exam standard assessments in a six-week period to provide evidence for teacher grading.
A decision by the Education Minister to scrap an algorithm that led to 37% of A-levels being downgraded last summer could have been taken months ago alongside other parts of the UK, a union has said.