# exams - Thursday 23 June, 2022
# Exams
# Exams
The Leaving Cert exam results will be issued on 2 September.
# exams - Tuesday 7 June, 2022
# Take A Bow
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# Take A Bow
Liam Kerrigan made a big impact on just his second U21s cap, scoring in the win over Montenegro.
# exams - Tuesday 29 March, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Major reforms to the Leaving Cert are to be brought in beginning in 2023.
# exams - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Leaving Cert
The Minister for Education said that there would be additional choices within the exams. She added that grades would be standardised against grades in 2021, to avoid issues with grade inflation. The Junior Cert exams are also set to go ahead later this year.
# exams - Saturday 22 January, 2022
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
A survey released by the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union this week showed 68% of students want a ‘hybrid-model’ Leaving Cert.
# exams - Monday 20 December, 2021
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
It was decided that the exams will take place outside of school time over the first week of the school Easter holidays.
# exams - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Points Race
# Points Race
Compare every course and institution with our dedicated site.
# exams - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The decision to withhold a result or marks is open to appeal.
# exams - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Leaving Cert 2021
# Leaving Cert 2021
It’s an ideal time to reform the Irish educational system, writes Emma DeSouza.
# exams - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Exams
# Exams
Compare every course and institution with our dedicated site.
# exams - Monday 6 September, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Leaving Cert results came out for the class of 2021 last week.
# exams - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Minister for Further and Higher Education says the Leaving Cert is not the only avenue to an education.
# exams - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
While some students have opted for Accredited Grades, thousands will sit their exams over the coming weeks.
# exams - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
This year’s exams kick off tomorrow.
# exams - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Exams
# Exams
“I trust my teachers, but I don’t trust the algorithm,” one student said.
# exams - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Waiting Game
# Waiting Game
The Advisory Group tasked with plotting a course for the examinations met again today.
# exams - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Alternatives to the Leaving Cert exam are being considered by the national advisory committee on the exams this afternoon.
# exams - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
It comes amid stricter lockdown measures to stop a rise in transmission of coronavirus and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by new cases.
# Examination
# Examination
England’s Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed the exams would be cancelled.
# exams - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Exam Time
# Exam Time
The Education Minister said he wouldn’t stake pupils’ futures “on a lottery of whether their school was hit by Covid”.
# exams - Monday 16 November, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Candidates were given the option earlier this year to receive Calculated Grades and/or to sit written exams.
# exams - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
To date, €163,000 has been paid to Polymetrika for the calculated grades system.
# exams - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
# exams - Wednesday 16 September, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
The action is being taken by a student who missed out on a place to study medicine at Trinity College by two points.
# exams - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Compare every course and institution with our dedicated site.
# exams - Wednesday 19 August, 2020
# Explainer
# Explainer
Here is the thought process behind the Plan C for the Leaving Cert, the appeal process, and where it could all go wrong.
# exams - Saturday 15 August, 2020
# Explainer
# Explainer
There has been concern from the start about ‘standardising’ Leaving Cert grades – this has been somewhat vindicated this week.
# exams - Monday 10 August, 2020
# Scotland
# Scotland
Pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2% – for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds the reduction was 6.9%.
# exams - Saturday 23 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
One secondary school teacher says now is also an opportunity to reimagine a new way of educating Irish students.
# exams - Friday 8 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Teachers will provide an estimate of the percentage mark each student is likely to have achieved.
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# Your Say
# Your Say
We’re expecting confirmation of what is planned for the Leaving Cert after 3pm today.
# exams - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
# exams - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
# exams - Thursday 16 April, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Poppy Kane says despite the challenges, many students believe the exams give them a sense of control in an uncertain time.
# exams - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Exams
# Exams
The decision was announced this morning by the Department of Education.
# exams - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
# Gender Breakdown
# Gender Breakdown
The data shows girls received more A grades than boys in most subjects.
# exams - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Results Are In
# Results Are In
Nineteen students secured 11 higher/common-level A grades and distinctions this year.
# exams - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Cheat Shot
# Cheat Shot
Those suspected of cheating represent a tiny proportion of the 57,000 students who sat the exams this year.
# exams - Tuesday 13 August, 2019
# Exams
# Exams
Everyone has got their results, so here are the most important statistics from today.
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