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Leaving Cert students urged to register for Calculated Grades system from tomorrow

Students have until Thursday to register.

THE DEPARTMENT OF Education is encouraging Leaving Cert students to register for the Calculated Grades system online.

The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh announced that the new online Calculated Grades Student Portal will open for registration to Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students tomorrow, 26 May.

 All Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students can register now on gov.ie/leavingcertificate between 10am Tuesday 26 May and 10pm Thursday 28 May.

All students following the Leaving Certificate Established or Leaving Certificate Vocational Programmes are also required to confirm the level at which they intended to sit each of their subjects. Students will have the option of confirming the level or changing to a lower level.

When registering on gov.ie/leavingcertificate, students must have the following information to hand:

  • Their Examination Number
  • Their Personal Public Service number (PPS), which they will use to create a four-digit Personal Identification Number
  • Email address
  • Mobile phone number. 

Once the Department has received all the necessary data from schools, students will be asked to opt in through the portal to indicate if they wish to receive Calculated Grades. 

Minister McHugh said: “Every school has been sent on the information to provide to their students so that they are able to complete the registration on the student portal.

“This is a brand-new system that it has been necessary to introduce because of the decisions we have had to take as we respond to Covid-19 situation. It is vital now that every Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied student is aware of the new online registration on gov.ie/leavingcertificate.

The important message for Leaving Certificate students is that they must now register by Thursday at 10pm to ensure that they can receive their Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades.

“It is also essential that students confirm their levels at this time so that schools can complete the task of providing information for each student about their expected level of performance in each subject.”

Schools have been asked to assist their students as much as possible but if anyone has trouble getting access online, there will be helpline support from midday on Tuesday.

Minister McHugh said:

Please don’t leave it until the last minute. This is a tight timeframe. We need every student to register so that the new system can operate smoothly. 

“Every school has been sent information on the gov.ie/leavingcertificate portal and how to register, and will be asked to circulate this to students and to parents and guardians.”

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    Mute Gareth Wogan
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    Jan 20th 2020, 8:40 PM

    I’m 35 and have had MS for 15 years. I work full time and am active. Looking at me you’d say I’m grand. It’s a headwrecker of a disease though. Pins and needles, muscle pain, headaches i could go on but i won’t. I urge everybody to try and get top Dublin Castle this Saturday 12-4. The MS society will have a MS cafe there and it’s built in a way that enables people without MS to experience some symptoms i.e the ground is uneven so you’re balance is off, the menu goes blurry and then back to normal to show the vision problems people with MS have. Sometimes i find it all a bit too much, the pain, thinking about the future etc. It’s tough but we all just gotta keep moving. No matter how bad it gets we gotta keep smiling!!

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    Mute Everyone'sgonecrazy
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    Jan 20th 2020, 10:29 PM

    Great piece, well done and thanks for writing it. Keep going strong all you MS warriors, you are amazing xx

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    Mute Serge the llama
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    Jan 20th 2020, 10:00 PM

    MS has to be one of the worse autoimmune conditions out there followed by type 1 diabetes, Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hepatitis.

    Little support is available for any of those sufferers. Type 1 diabetes is on the long term illness as is MS but if you have another co-morbid condition it’s not covered.

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    Jan 20th 2020, 9:25 PM

    To everyone hear who suffers from MS, I am curious to know if you’ve ever thought of using medicinal cannabis as a treatment or for relief. Genuine question.

    I have seen results from numerous studies that have been carried over the past few years, which suggest at a very minimum is helps relieve some of the symptoms related to MS.

    As far as I’m aware, the medicinal marijuana legislation passed in 2014 includes the prescribed use of “Sativex” specifically for those who suffer from MS.

    Has anyone been precribed this?
    Or has anyone applied for this?

    If so I would be really interesed to know, thanks

    Asking for a friend ;)

    https://floridasmedicalmarijuana.com/can-medical-marijuana-help-treat-multiple-sclerosis/

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    Jan 21st 2020, 5:00 PM

    @Gazza Lazza: I have been using Sativex for over a month now and I have shared my experience on Facebook and Twitter. Look for @a30minutelife on either platform.

    It has helped me with spasticity and pain, and has other welcome benefits. It is not covered on the drug payments scheme or long term illness scheme and costs over €525 per month.

    As a treatment it has few side effects, in my experience, which is limited to over a month. Long term there maybe other effects.

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    Jan 21st 2020, 5:01 PM

    @Gazza Lazza: I have been using Sativex for over a month now and I have shared my experience on Facebook and Twitter. Look for “a30minutelife” on either platform.

    It has helped me with spasticity and pain, and has other welcome benefits. It is not covered on the drug payments scheme or long term illness scheme and costs over €525 per month.

    As a treatment it has few side effects, in my experience, which is limited to over a month. Long term there maybe other effects.

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    Mute Robert Joyce
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    Jan 21st 2020, 5:01 PM

    @Gazza Lazza: I have been using Sativex for over a month now and I have shared my experience on Facebook and Twitter.

    It has helped me with spasticity and pain, and has other welcome benefits. It is not covered on the drug payments scheme or long term illness scheme and costs over €525 per month.

    As a treatment it has few side effects, in my experience, which is limited to over a month. Long term there maybe other effects.

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    Jan 21st 2020, 7:02 AM

    Great article.
    Thank you for highlighting these issues.
    I don’t have MS, but have Psoriatic arthritis and come across the same issues. I here it from all chronic illness sectors. When I was talking about it with my GP recently, with regard to holistic approach and case management, he said the GP’s are ideally suited to that role but are stretched to the limits combined with poor communication and coordination amongst the different parts of health and social services!!

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    Jan 21st 2020, 12:37 AM

    You poor girl I have Pakinsons diease .Similar to MS the nerve pains are so horrible I also have tired days too .There are several neurology diseases that are unfairly been a good system to treate patients . I have seen it and heard about .Loved ones help as hard as they can and you find out who your friend are . Your article is a good one But hey scientists are trying their best to find a cure for MS and PD xxxxx

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    Mute Dave Stewart
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    Jan 20th 2020, 9:26 PM

    Sam Typical arrogant obnoxious blue shirt comment, do us all a favour and go to another country yourself

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    Jan 20th 2020, 8:26 PM

    Just go to a different country to get treatment.

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    Mute Gareth Wogan
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    Jan 20th 2020, 8:45 PM

    @sam: why?? Most drugs for, if not all, are free here.

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    Jan 20th 2020, 8:48 PM

    @sam: do you know someone with MS. There is not just one treatment for MS but when another neurological problems comes along. There can be lost of different treatments. For example, every week I could be in UHG for treatment and the same week over to Beaumont Hospital for rehabilitation to learn to walk again. As I couldn’t drive my husband had to take leave from work and then we had 3 small kids at the time. Trying to find someone who has the time to do school runs and collecting and spending time with them until we have returned. But if you can tell me where to go for treatment that would be brilliant.

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    Jan 20th 2020, 8:52 PM

    @sam: where do we go. I am in for treatment in 2 hospitals in Galway and 1 in Dublin. If I could get my treatment in place I would gone. But I’m not just talking about getting the medication. There is a huge long list of things that happens to the body of a MS person. So I would be grateful if you could advise on where this place is that you write about. Thank you.

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    Jan 20th 2020, 9:07 PM

    @Ashling Visser Bishop: Don’t use up your energy on saps like that Ashling. Stay strong ya warrior!!

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    Jan 20th 2020, 9:16 PM

    @sam: you are a heartless troll.

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    Jan 20th 2020, 10:02 PM

    @sam: lots of countries won’t give you a visa if you have a serious medical condition as you will be a drain on the system.

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    Jan 21st 2020, 4:36 PM

    @sam: seriously on what

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    Jan 21st 2020, 5:20 PM

    I was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and I’m still working half-time. It can be gruelling at times, with pain, spasticity, extreme fatigue and that can be even after medicating for those symptoms. That said I am doing well for 22 years with MS. The HSE keeps delisting essential medications from the Long Term Illness Scheme. A recent removal was Vitamin D, something my neurologist prescribed. Don’t get a GP visit card (despite a Govt promise that LTI Scheme recipients would, a few years ago) which would really help financially, as the side effects of my MS disease modifying meds cause a lowered immunity to infection. It’s a constant fight to keep on top of things. Physio – private. Many meds – pay privately. GP – pay privately. All on reduced income, while I wish I could work fulltime..

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    Jan 21st 2020, 4:33 PM

    I have RRMS diagnosed at 46 am lucky still able to work & am active what most people fail to grasp as regards MS is that no 2 patients are the same which makes the search for a cure all the more difficult. I live in NW & it’s all the more acute in terms of neurological supports as for my first few years we only had 1 neurologist for Sligo Donegal & Leitrim but thankfully he now has two registrar’s but there are numerous neurological auto immune diseases that they treat, mnd Parkinson’s multiple system atrophy plus a host of others I can’t name. This is a great article but as it’s election time I will leave you on this note: at last election when Donegal was changed from 2 X 3 seat constituencies to 1 X 5 seat I emailed ALL candidates & sitting TDs in relation to poor access to neurology services in NW. The response? One reply from the outgoing & RETIRING Dinny McGinley. Ignored by ALL others independents his party colleagues FF SF & Labour. Now what does that say about “cherishing all the children (people) if this nation equally? (Last election was after all in 2016!)

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