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Sunday 25 October 2020
The new results were given to students at 12pm today.
Over 6,000 students received new grades following an error with the system.
The results of the review were announced this evening by the Department of Education.
Education Minister Norma Foley has apologised to students again after errors in the calculated grades system were revealed.
To date, €163,000 has been paid to Polymetrika for the calculated grades system.
The cost of the calculated grades system is €160,000.
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
The action is being taken by a student who missed out on a place to study medicine at Trinity College by two points.
This afternoon’s Round One offers is official confirmation of whether students got their preferred course.
The Institute of Education wrote to the Taoiseach today claiming its students had been penalised by “the bias” within the process.
Leaving Cert calculated grade results are due to be released tomorrow morning at 9am.
With the Leaving Certificate results out on Monday, the minister said an apprenticeship is a great way to get the career you want.
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
The High Court last week quashed a decision to prevent Elijah Burke availing of the calculated grade system.
The publication of this year’s results will not be available until 7 September.
It comes weeks later than the traditional August results day for the Leaving Cert exams.
The deadline to register has been extended until midday tomorrow.
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
Teachers will provide an estimate of the percentage mark each student is likely to have achieved.
Speculation that the exams would be cancelled has been growing since reports last night.
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
The party’s education spokesperson says the uncertainty is causing stress for students and parents.
It is expected that the Leaving Certificate exams will still go ahead from 29 July.
71% of parents in one survey were not in favour of deferring the exams to July/August.
29 July has been pencilled in as the most likely date by which the Leaving Cert would start.
Appeal applications were made by 9,049 candidates against 16,965 individual results.
Thousands of students received offers for college places today.
Everyone has got their results, so here are the most important statistics from today.
The CAO timeline has changed quite drastically this year.
The exams commission has introduced new measures to safeguard the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students.
As the Leaving Cert begins tomorrow, teachers and education experts are warning of growing anxiety among students.
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
The changes confirmed by the government come after Rebecca Carter secured a place at UCD following a High Court battle.
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
The two new days bring the total examination to 15 days in June.
The mistake was only discovered six days before the students started their exams this year.
Students around the country will be finding out their results this morning.
A total of 4,738 offers have been issued today, before Round One offers are made to Leaving Certificate students on August 20.
From 5.15pm tomorrow, applicants will no longer be able to change their preferences for the courses they would like to do.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
A couple of afternoon showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
