# junior-certificate - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Junior Cert
# Junior Cert
Minister for Education Norma Foley briefed teaching unions on the plans this afternoon.
# junior-certificate - 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.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
# Gender Breakdown
# Gender Breakdown
The data shows girls received more A grades than boys in most subjects.
# junior-certificate - 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-certificate - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Aspects of Irish history are conspicuous by their absence from the syllabus, writes Caoimhín de Barra.
# junior-certificate - Friday 14 June, 2019
# EXAM IMPIGEONATOR
# EXAM IMPIGEONATOR
Several previous attempts to remove the bird from the exam hall “proved futile”, one teacher said.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
# We've All Been There
# We've All Been There
The exams commission has introduced new measures to safeguard the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# junior-certificate - Monday 5 June, 2017
# Tis The Season
# Tis The Season
From organisational support to breathing exercises, there’s plenty a parent can do to help.
# junior-certificate - 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-certificate - Wednesday 14 September, 2016
# At Last
# At Last
There’s been a rise in As almost across the board for students.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 8 June, 2016
# Me Nerves
# Me Nerves
The first exam for both sets of students this morning will be English paper 1.
# junior-certificate - Friday 16 October, 2015
# Noughts And Crosses
# Noughts And Crosses
“It was like we both caught fire, spontaneous combustion, we were burning up together.”
# junior-certificate - Thursday 10 September, 2015
# Bright Spark
# Bright Spark
Pamela Noonan sat her Junior Cert at age 71, having left school when she was just 11.
# junior-certificate - Saturday 20 June, 2015
# Cork
# Cork
The venue became overcrowded because a number of people had forged tickets, leaving valid ticket holders stuck outside.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
# Deep Thinkers
# Deep Thinkers
Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan thinks it will encourage critical thinking.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
# Education
# Education
The Junior Cert does matter, apparently.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 25 November, 2014
# Not Blinking
# Not Blinking
The strike’s set to go ahead next Tuesday. And neither side is backing down.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 12 November, 2014
# Exam Stress
# Exam Stress
Teachers are angry about proposed reforms to the Junior Cert.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 10 September, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
…But saying ‘No’ alone is not good enough. Tell the whole story.
# JC RESULTS
# JC RESULTS
To say it doesn’t is an insult to the 60,698 Irish students who studied for 3 years to sit the exam last June.
# Celebrations
# Celebrations
Parents and those running bars and off licences are being asked to be extra vigilant today.
# Me Nerves
# Me Nerves
There was an increase in the number of students taking up higher level maths and more than 90% of the Junior Cycle cohort takes up science.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
# Me Nerves
# Me Nerves
This year marks the first time that all students at Leaving Cert level will sit the new Project Maths exam.
# junior-certificate - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyonne’s talking about the Omagh bomb, Rehab revelations, and President Higgins…
# junior-certificate - Friday 14 February, 2014
# Junior Cert
# Junior Cert
27,000 ASTI and TUI members are to be balloted on non-co-operation with the new Junior Cycle.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Junior Cert Reform
# Junior Cert Reform
The short course will be available in schools from September 2014 and schools can opt in as to whether to adopt it.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 18 December, 2013
# Teachers' Union Of Ireland
# Teachers' Union Of Ireland
The union will meet with a Department of Education Working Group next month to discuss the new junior cycle.
# junior-certificate - Monday 16 December, 2013
# Overhaul
# Overhaul
The Department of Education has announced that the first meeting of a new working group set up to discuss the planned overhaul of the Junior Certificate is to take place next month.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 29 October, 2013
# Exams
# Exams
The Teachers Union of Ireland said they are concerned there is not enough resources to implement the planned reforms.
# junior-certificate - Saturday 14 September, 2013
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many texts do people in Ireland send on an average day?
# junior-certificate - Friday 21 June, 2013
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The minister says the SEC has two jobs now: to ensure no student suffers as a result of the error, and to stop it recurring.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
# Oops
# Oops
Warning: the following article contains trigonometry.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
# State Exams
# State Exams
Science minister Sean Sherlock believes the State Examinations Commission will ensure no student loses out over the error.
# junior-certificate - Monday 10 June, 2013
# Oops
# Oops
The English version of a Maths question mistakenly inserted an extra number – which meant two answers are possible.
# junior-certificate - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
# Good Luck
# Good Luck
Some 3.1 million exam papers are sitting in boxes across the country right now.
# Memory Lane
From The42
# Memory Lane
We really hate it when sport and state exams clash.
# junior-certificate - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
This week the State exams begin and Leaving and Junior Certificate students are getting ready to tackle Project Maths. John Devlin has some tips for those worried about the new syllabus.
# Exams
# Exams
The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals given a list of tips to help students perform well during exam time.
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