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CHANGES TO THE Junior Cycle grade bands are to come into effect for the upcoming Junior Cycle exams, the Minister for Education Helen McEntee has announced.
The top four grade bands will now be evenly distributed in bands of fifteen percentage points, resulting in a change to grades.
The changed bands are as follows:
The remaining bands, Achieved (≥ 40 and < 55), Partially Achieved (≥ 20 and < 40), and Not Graded (≥ 0 and < 20) remain unchanged.
McEntee said that it is expected that the even distribution will result in a higher number of students achieving Distinction and Higher Merit grades.
She said she was “delighted” to confirm the amendment, and said, “these changes will apply to the more than 73,000 students due to sit their examinations in the coming weeks”.
The change to the four grade bands will ensure that the grades received by Junior Cycle students “are more reflective of their work and effort, as well as the work of our teachers”, she added.
Junior Cycle exams will take place from Wednesday 4 June to Monday 16 June.
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Good article, would rather pay good money for sturdy clothes if I knew it was made with quality materials and good paid workers than consistently have to buy new clothes to replace the previous bad quality article, always wondered why we don’t have some sort of system like bord bia do with the quality mark to signify it’s of a certain quality spec or something of the sorts
@Matteo: Something to offset the highly successful business model of poor standards would be welcome.
As a man I’m occupying the high moral ground on this one alongside my brothers.
And I’ve gotta say:
The view is wonderful.
She is a bit hypocritical. Never bothered to mention the fast fashion beast that started in Ireland, Penneys.
@Donal Ronan: Actually it was Dunnes not Pennys!
Remember that the woke brigade never act, they just tweet and virtue signal.
If you really care for the planet, stop buying junk.
@Paul: ‘The woke brigade’? Do explain, please.
Everybody loves a bargain and most people are looking for good quality clothes in the sales rather than penneys tat. I try to buy during the Black Friday sale or January sales when theres a good percentage off clothes. Don’t like penneys cheap nasty threads.
@Lilly Lalogue: there’s some lovely stuff in Pennys. Those mom and pop type, Irish run boutiques import their clothes from the same mass produced factories as Pennys. They just sew on their fancy label and charge through the nose for them.
@Pauline Gallagher: yeah they sew on penny’s labels that’s right Jesus some people are nuts hahaha
Being poor
I wait to buy clothesTvs etc…
For some of us it’s not fast fashion.but a chance to buy clothes period..
We all aren’t rich
Last Friday was Black Friday for the climate,the +2 degrees target was passed:
washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/11/19/climate-change-2c-temperature-heat-record/
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