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# Leaving Certificate

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'I hate to have to say it but we are not expendable': Leaving Cert students dismayed at three-days-a-week plan
Students facing a return to school are worried about their health and the health of their loved ones with Covid-19 rampant in the community.
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Jan 7th 2021, 3:08 PM
Almost 2,600 students to sit postponed Leaving Cert exams from today
Candidates were given the option earlier this year to receive Calculated Grades and/or to sit written exams.
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Nov 16th 2020, 6:55 AM
18 students awarded higher marks after more than 12,000 appeals of Calculated Grades
The new results were given to students at 12pm today.
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Oct 16th 2020, 1:09 PM
Government confirms independent review of Calculated Grades process will take place
Over 6,000 students received new grades following an error with the system.
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Oct 14th 2020, 2:32 PM
6,100 students to get text message this evening upgrading their LC result
The results of the review were announced this evening by the Department of Education.
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Oct 3rd 2020, 6:30 PM
Students mistakenly awarded higher grades may have 'squeezed out' others from college, Minister concedes
Education Minister Norma Foley has apologised to students again after errors in the calculated grades system were revealed.
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Oct 1st 2020, 10:30 PM
Leaving Cert: Polymetrika was paid €91,500 above agreed cost for work after daily rate kicked in at end of contract
To date, €163,000 has been paid to Polymetrika for the calculated grades system.
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Oct 1st 2020, 8:06 PM
'There are penalties, absolutely': Minister says there are sanctions associated with Polymetrika calculated grade contract
The cost of the calculated grades system is €160,000.
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Oct 1st 2020, 6:30 AM
Leaving Cert students can now find out how their school ranked them against classmates
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
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Sep 28th 2020, 9:23 AM
First High Court challenge to Leaving Cert calculated grade system
The action is being taken by a student who missed out on a place to study medicine at Trinity College by two points.
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Sep 16th 2020, 1:07 PM
Over 50,000 people offered a place in first CAO round as points rise in health, business, teaching
This afternoon’s Round One offers is official confirmation of whether students got their preferred course.
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Sep 11th 2020, 2:09 PM
Dublin private school says its students were 'significantly penalised' by Leaving Cert calculated grades process
The Institute of Education wrote to the Taoiseach today claiming its students had been penalised by “the bias” within the process.
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Sep 10th 2020, 8:22 PM
The Leaving Cert: When are the results due, and what can we expect?
Leaving Cert calculated grade results are due to be released tomorrow morning at 9am.
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Sep 6th 2020, 12:05 AM
Simon Harris: 'We need to drop the snobby attitude that the only way to progress in life is to go to university'
With the Leaving Certificate results out on Monday, the minister said an apprenticeship is a great way to get the career you want.
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Sep 4th 2020, 5:49 PM
The Explainer: Leaving Cert results are out on Monday - here's how it'll work
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
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Sep 3rd 2020, 6:00 AM
Minister 'cannot guarantee' home-schooled teen will get Leaving Cert results by 12 September, court hears
The High Court last week quashed a decision to prevent Elijah Burke availing of the calculated grade system.
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Aug 25th 2020, 4:31 PM
Leaving Cert results date: ASTI criticises announcement but says 'at least there's now certainty'
The publication of this year’s results will not be available until 7 September.
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Jul 17th 2020, 11:27 AM
Leaving Certificate results to be issued on 7 September, Department of Education confirms
It comes weeks later than the traditional August results day for the Leaving Cert exams.
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Jul 16th 2020, 8:08 PM
Over 98% of Leaving Cert students sign up for Calculated Grades system
The deadline to register has been extended until midday tomorrow.
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May 28th 2020, 10:15 PM
'Extremely worrying': ASTI to discuss legal protection over Leaving Cert grading with government
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
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May 22nd 2020, 8:05 AM
Leaving Cert: Here are the details of the new plan announced by the government
Teachers will provide an estimate of the percentage mark each student is likely to have achieved.
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May 8th 2020, 3:08 PM
Minister announces Leaving Cert exams cancelled, all students to receive 'calculated grades'
Speculation that the exams would be cancelled has been growing since reports last night.
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May 8th 2020, 2:17 PM
Memo being brought to Cabinet as speculation about Leaving Cert cancellation mounts
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
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May 7th 2020, 10:45 PM
'Alternative assessment models' discussed at meeting about Leaving Cert plans
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
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May 6th 2020, 3:57 PM
Fianna Fáil says the time has come to cancel the Leaving Cert
The party’s education spokesperson says the uncertainty is causing stress for students and parents.
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May 2nd 2020, 1:19 PM
Schools will not reopen until September but 'it's still the plan' for Leaving Cert students to get two weeks of classes
It is expected that the Leaving Certificate exams will still go ahead from 29 July.
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May 1st 2020, 7:25 PM
Poll: Do you agree with the delay of the Leaving Cert exams?
71% of parents in one survey were not in favour of deferring the exams to July/August.
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Apr 23rd 2020, 10:43 AM
Majority of parents surveyed opposed to July/August start for Leaving Cert
29 July has been pencilled in as the most likely date by which the Leaving Cert would start.
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Apr 23rd 2020, 8:51 AM
Almost 3,000 Leaving Cert exam results upgraded during this year's appeals process
Appeal applications were made by 9,049 candidates against 16,965 individual results.
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Sep 18th 2019, 9:23 AM
CAO round one offers are out - so what's next?
Thousands of students received offers for college places today.
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Aug 15th 2019, 3:00 PM
Latin, Libya and Leitrim: Leaving Cert results by numbers
Everyone has got their results, so here are the most important statistics from today.
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Aug 13th 2019, 11:54 AM
Q&A: Why are CAO offers earlier this year?
The CAO timeline has changed quite drastically this year.
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Aug 13th 2019, 6:10 AM
More than 50,000 students to begin (slightly longer) Leaving Cert exam period with English paper I
The exams commission has introduced new measures to safeguard the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students.
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Jun 5th 2019, 6:00 AM
'They're anxious in ways they wouldn't have been 20 years ago': Teachers say Leaving Cert stress on the rise
As the Leaving Cert begins tomorrow, teachers and education experts are warning of growing anxiety among students.
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Jun 4th 2019, 8:30 PM
A senator wants students to get CAO points for sports and social action
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
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Feb 25th 2019, 6:15 AM
CAO offers will be out earlier this year after case of student who won High Court judicial review
The changes confirmed by the government come after Rebecca Carter secured a place at UCD following a High Court battle.
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Feb 15th 2019, 10:19 PM
Students 'pressured' by new Leaving Cert grade scheme as number sitting higher level exams rises
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
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Jan 17th 2019, 6:01 AM
Two days have been added to the Leaving Cert timetable
The two new days bring the total examination to 15 days in June.
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Dec 19th 2018, 1:46 PM
'I was completely panicking': Leaving Cert students at Dublin school taught wrong English text for two years
The mistake was only discovered six days before the students started their exams this year.
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Sep 15th 2018, 12:05 AM
Poll: Did your Leaving Cert results play a major role in your life?
Students around the country will be finding out their results this morning.
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Aug 15th 2018, 9:30 AM
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