# state-exams - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# State Exams
Leaving Cert students are to be given the option not to sit exams and instead apply for calculated grades Oral and practical elements of the Leaving Certificate will also go ahead The Junior Certificate has been cancelled
# state-exams - Friday 12 February, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
It’s been a chaotic 24 hours.
# state-exams - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
Of the 4,925 grades being sent to students today, 40% were higher than their Calculated Grade results.
# state-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.
# state-exams - Friday 22 January, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
A survey found that most Leaving Cert students wanted a choice between Calculated Grades or in-person exams.
# state-exams - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
73% of second-level students said they feel either very unsafe or unsafe at schools reopening.
# state-exams - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Podcast
# Podcast
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
# state-exams - Wednesday 26 August, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
These are for those who couldn’t get access to Calculated Grades, who opted for written exams, or who wish to appeal the Calculated Grade they received.
# state-exams - Monday 17 August, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
This comes after accusations of inequality over the calculated A-level results, which were issued to students last Thursday.
# state-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.
# state-exams - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
That leaves around 13,000 Leaving Cert students who have not yet registered.
# state-exams - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
The main teachers’ union the ASTI called for that measure today.
# state-exams - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
There has been a lot of concerns about bright students in schools with poor Leaving Cert track records suffering under these rules.
# State Exams
# State Exams
Here’s the detail and practicalities of what’s been decided.
# state-exams - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
# state-exams - Saturday 2 May, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
The party’s education spokesperson says the uncertainty is causing stress for students and parents.
# state-exams - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
Plans to hold a school-based version of the Junior Cert in the autumn have been cancelled.
# state-exams - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
29 July has been pencilled in as the most likely date by which the Leaving Cert would start.
# state-exams - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
Students with oral exams and music practicals have been awarded full marks – but other practical exams are to still go ahead.
# state-exams - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Leaving Cert has been postponed from its usual June period to late July or early August.
# state-exams - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
The National Public Health Emergency Team is due to meet on Friday.
# state-exams - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Le Bac
# Le Bac
The ‘bac’ has been a rite of passage for French students since it was introduced by Napoleon in 1808.
# state-exams - Friday 31 May, 2019
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Earlier this year, a student spoke on the radio about having to sit her Leaving Cert a day after her mother died.
# state-exams - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The SEC said reports that some subjects would be marked using computers were ‘misleading’.
# state-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.
# state-exams - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Dun Dun Dun
# Dun Dun Dun
Over 120,000 students around the country will begin their exams today.
# state-exams - Sunday 3 June, 2018
# Splitting The Stones
# Splitting The Stones
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck looks at whether students really do make the sun shine for everyone.
# state-exams - Saturday 13 January, 2018
# Young Scientist
# Young Scientist
It’s almost as accurate as a human.
# state-exams - Wednesday 15 June, 2016
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
A great day for the parish…
# state-exams - Thursday 28 April, 2016
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
More students have been opting to do the higher level paper in recent years.
# state-exams - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
# state-exams - Thursday 2 July, 2015
# Not Correct
# Not Correct
The woman was pictured appearing to correct the higher level history paper on Tuesday.
# state-exams - Friday 5 June, 2015
# Brenda And The Wasp
From The Daily Edge
# Brenda And The Wasp
We all need a laugh at this difficult time.
# state-exams - Wednesday 13 August, 2014
# CAO 2014
# CAO 2014
Which subject had the highest failure rate? Which one had the most amount of As?
# Your Say
# Your Say
Did you scream with joy, have a little cry, or let out a loud “meh”?
# Results Day
# Results Day
“Regardless of what results lie in that envelope, remember all the dedication and hard work you put in”.
# state-exams - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Your Say
# Your Say
Further proposals for a revamp of the Leaving Certificate have been reported this morning.
# state-exams - Saturday 7 June, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
How many A4 pages will be used? How many people set the tests? How many subjects are being examined? SO MANY QUESTIONS.
# state-exams - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
# Keano
# Keano
The papers were called “comfortable”, but a Home Economics question on soup raised eyebrows.
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