# junior-cert - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
Additional choice was incorporated in Junior and Leaving Cert exams this year and will again next year.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
The proposals follow intense discussions between the department and teaching unions.
# Junior Cert
# Junior Cert
Minister for Education Norma Foley briefed teaching unions on the plans this afternoon.
# junior-cert - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Programming and online resources have been expanded by the State Broadcaster to help students through level 5.
# junior-cert - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Literature
# Literature
We asked our anonymous teacher to share her views and those of some of her students on the recent controversy surrounding To Kill A Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
# junior-cert - 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.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
The National Public Health Emergency Team is due to meet on Friday.
# junior-cert - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Exams
# Exams
The decision was announced this morning by the Department of Education.
# junior-cert - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Quiz
# Quiz
The subject was given special status by the Government this week.
# junior-cert - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Have A Plan
# Have A Plan
Additional gardaí will be on patrol during Junior Cert celebrations tonight.
# Results Are In
# Results Are In
Nineteen students secured 11 higher/common-level A grades and distinctions this year.
# junior-cert - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Delayed
# Delayed
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
# junior-cert - 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.
# junior-cert - Thursday 6 June, 2019
# Aoife Dooley
# Aoife Dooley
Aoife Dooley said she has notified gardaí of the threats made to her online.
# junior-cert - Saturday 25 May, 2019
# Shortage
# Shortage
It’s less two weeks until examinations begin.
# junior-cert - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The SEC said reports that some subjects would be marked using computers were ‘misleading’.
# junior-cert - Monday 25 February, 2019
# Junior Cert
# Junior Cert
Geography was removed as a core subject from the Junior Cert last year.
# junior-cert - Friday 18 January, 2019
# State Exams
# State Exams
Rhona Butler said the current process is not fair on the student, family or school involved.
# junior-cert - Saturday 24 November, 2018
# It's Quizness Time
# It's Quizness Time
We’ve taken ten questions from the current syllabus to see how much you know about the past.
# junior-cert - 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.
# junior-cert - Monday 10 September, 2018
# Mixing It Up
# Mixing It Up
New specifications for Maths, Home Economics, History, Music and Geography are set to go live from this month for Junior Cert students.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Dun Dun Dun
# Dun Dun Dun
Over 120,000 students around the country will begin their exams today.
# junior-cert - Monday 4 June, 2018
# Nearly There
# Nearly There
Get plenty of sleep and exercise, and remember that anxiety is normal.
# junior-cert - 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.
# Chasing Waterfalls
# Chasing Waterfalls
Let’s take you back to those oxbow lakes.
# junior-cert - Saturday 2 June, 2018
# Mitosis Is
# Mitosis Is
Time to engage the recesses of your mind.
# junior-cert - Thursday 3 May, 2018
# Shakespeare
From The Daily Edge
# Shakespeare
There’s no excuse for English teachers to get less than 100%.
# junior-cert - Tuesday 24 April, 2018
# Recruitment Appeal
# Recruitment Appeal
Teachers, including recently qualified teachers and retired teachers, are being asked to apply.
# junior-cert - 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.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 7 February, 2018
# Education
# Education
The government launched its Action Plan for Education today.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Tempus Fugit
# Tempus Fugit
Currently, students have two hours to complete each paper.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
# English Exam
# English Exam
A petition from Junior Cert student Tara O’Sullivan has led to today’s hearing before the Petitions Committee.
# junior-cert - Saturday 10 June, 2017
# Never Too Old
# Never Too Old
Denis North is taking the English and Geography exams at Kennedy College, New Ross.
# junior-cert - Wednesday 7 June, 2017
# Discuss
# Discuss
Fake news, democracy and inventing the wheel – how did the first day of State exams go?
# junior-cert - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# 11th Hour
# 11th Hour
The SEC said that it would have sufficient numbers in place and did not want to “cause alarm” with the appeal.
# junior-cert - Friday 21 April, 2017
# Junior Cert
From The Daily Edge
# Junior Cert
It won’t be as easy as you expect.
# junior-cert - Saturday 15 April, 2017
# Home Ec
From The Daily Edge
# Home Ec
It’s a subject that we all look back on fondly until we remember those coursework journals.
# junior-cert - Monday 20 March, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
Make the new English Junior Cert exam fairer by adding thirty extra minutes, writes Junior Cert pupil Tara O’Sullivan.
# junior-cert - Monday 5 December, 2016
# Grievance
# Grievance
Under a new student and parent charter, schools will have to outline the outcome of each complaint made by parents.
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