Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 October 2025
72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the academic performance of home-schooled students is benchmarked against all other students, including in relation to junior certificate and leaving certificate results; to summarise the most recent data available in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52354/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department does not gather or retain data that would facilitate the requested comparisons. Crude comparisons of academic performance alone can be very misleading for students, teachers, parents and communities. Such comparisons are likely to provide an unbalanced and limited indication of a cohort’s overall performance. There are many different factors which feed into a student’s education and generally my Department does not identify particular cohorts of students in order to compare their State Examination results against those obtained by another cohort of students.
