Round 4 CAO offers issued: students affected by leaving cert grades issue receive new offers

424 leaving certificate students have this morning received new college place offers. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
424 leaving certificate students have this morning received new college place offers.
Round 4 CAO offers were published at 10am this morning and students have until next Tuesday to accept an offer if they wish to do so.
In a tweet this morning, the Minister for Further And Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris said: “I said that we would move mountains to ensure students who had errors in calculated grades were given the places they deserved. The CAO identified that 424 students required new offers. I am delighted that this morning all 424 have been offered a place this academic year.”
He thanked the higher education authorities for their work on the matter.
I said that we would move mountains to ensure students who had errors in calculated grades were given the places they deserved. The CAO identified that 424 students required new offers. I am delighted that this morning all 424 have been offered a place for this academic year
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) October 8, 2020
“Their can do attitude & focus on finding solutions was key to getting this resolved and doing right by these students,” he said.