Mr Burke claimed a member of the three-person appeals panel was a “promoter of transgenderism”. The appeals panel denied his claim.

The significant reforms from the next academic year will see 40 per cent of marks in all subjects given for practical exams or end of year projects.

Mr Burke claims he is in jail because of his opposition to the "ideology of transgenderism"

Mr Burke had claimed a member of the appeals panel, ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie, is a "promoter of transgenderism"