# 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
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# 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.
# Exams
# Exams
Speculation that the exams would be cancelled has been growing since reports last night.
# 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.
# exams - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
# Leaving Cert Weather
# Leaving Cert Weather
This date last year year saw highs of 25 degrees.
# We've All Been There
# We've All Been There
The exams commission has introduced new measures to safeguard the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students.
# exams - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
As the Leaving Cert begins tomorrow, teachers and education experts are warning of growing anxiety among students.
# exams - Friday 18 January, 2019
# State Exams
# State Exams
Rhona Butler said the current process is not fair on the student, family or school involved.
# exams - Wednesday 12 September, 2018
# Results Are In
# Results Are In
Grades in the pillar subjects of Irish, English, and Maths remain relatively unchanged from previous years.
# exams - Saturday 30 June, 2018
# Decisions Decisions
# Decisions Decisions
From 5.15pm tomorrow, applicants will no longer be able to change their preferences for the courses they would like to do.
# exams - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
# Politics And Society
# Politics And Society
A tweet from Leo Varadkar featured on the first ever exam.
# exams - Monday 4 June, 2018
# Nearly There
# Nearly There
Get plenty of sleep and exercise, and remember that anxiety is normal.
# exams - Wednesday 28 March, 2018
# Take Back Trinity
# Take Back Trinity
Students protested and held a sit-in over the attempt to introduce the fees.
# exams - Thursday 15 March, 2018
# Take Back Trinity
# Take Back Trinity
A group of up to 40 students had been occupying the college’s dining hall over the past few days.
# exams - Monday 12 March, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our education system must deliver a quality education that prepares each child for their future lives, writes Geoffrey Browne.
# exams - Friday 9 March, 2018
# Trinity
# Trinity
Trinity students have released a list of demands.
# exams - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Tempus Fugit
# Tempus Fugit
Currently, students have two hours to complete each paper.
# exams - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Countdown To Results
# Countdown To Results
TheJournal.ie spoke to four Leaving Cert students in the countdown to the results.
# exams - Saturday 10 June, 2017
# Never Too Old
# Never Too Old
Denis North is taking the English and Geography exams at Kennedy College, New Ross.
# exams - Wednesday 7 June, 2017
# Discuss
# Discuss
Fake news, democracy and inventing the wheel – how did the first day of State exams go?
# exams - Monday 5 June, 2017
# Opinion
# Opinion
I have never forgotten the idea that I needed to put in long hours if I wanted to achieve something, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
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