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# State Exams

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2022
# State Exams
Over 67,000 Junior Cert students receive their results today - here's how they got on
The results come six months after students sat the exams.
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Nov 23rd 2022, 6:00 AM
# State Exams
Leaving and Junior Cert exams start today with over 130,000 students taking part
It marks the full return of traditional written exams following two years of Covid disruption.
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Jun 8th 2022, 7:49 AM
# Leaving Cert
Second-level students union says 'traditional' State exams can't go ahead
Two teachers unions – the ASTI and the TUI – said speculation that State exams would not be held as usual was “unhelpful”.
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Jan 11th 2022, 11:36 AM
# State Exams
Leaving Cert 2022: Teaching unions hit out at 'unhelpful' speculation about hybrid model
Students had a choice last year whether to sit an exam or receive an accredited grade.
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Jan 10th 2022, 3:53 PM
All time
# State Exams
'Traumatic' structure of the Leaving Cert 'can’t get any worse', says Ombudsman
Children’s Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said reforms can’t make things worse than they are.
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Nov 9th 2021, 6:21 PM
# State Exams
Leaving Cert 2022: Students will again have more exam choice due to Covid disruption
Additional choice was incorporated in Junior and Leaving Cert exams this year and will again next year.
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Jun 30th 2021, 9:40 PM
AS IT HAPPENED
Latest developments as Leaving Cert 2021 plan announced by minister
The Junior Certificate examinations have been cancelled, it has also been confirmed.
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
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Feb 17th 2021, 6:47 PM
# State Exams
Explainer: What's happening with the Leaving Cert?
It’s been a chaotic 24 hours.
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Feb 12th 2021, 12:48 PM
# State Exams
Over 2,000 Leaving Cert students who sat written exams to receive results today
Of the 4,925 grades being sent to students today, 40% were higher than their Calculated Grade results.
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Feb 2nd 2021, 7:28 AM
# Leaving Cert
Leaving Cert alternatives under consideration but clarity to be given within the next few weeks, says Tánaiste
Alternatives to the Leaving Cert exam are being considered by the national advisory committee on the exams this afternoon.
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Jan 27th 2021, 3:58 PM
# State Exams
Leaving Cert 2021: Survey and emails from 'stressed' students presented to State exam Advisory Group
A survey found that most Leaving Cert students wanted a choice between Calculated Grades or in-person exams.
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Jan 22nd 2021, 3:42 PM
# State Exams
Leaving Cert 2021: Students want a choice of written exam or Calculated Grades
73% of second-level students said they feel either very unsafe or unsafe at schools reopening.
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Jan 20th 2021, 2:40 PM
# Podcast
The Explainer: Leaving Cert results are out on Monday - here's how it'll work
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
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Sep 3rd 2020, 6:00 AM
# State Exams
Postponed Leaving Certificate written exams will start on 16 November
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.
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Aug 26th 2020, 4:33 PM
# State Exams
Northern Ireland GCSE students will now be awarded teachers' grades without standardisation
This comes after accusations of inequality over the calculated A-level results, which were issued to students last Thursday.
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Aug 17th 2020, 8:15 AM
# Explainer
What insight did we get about the Leaving Cert Calculated Grades after the furore in the UK?
There has been concern from the start about ‘standardising’ Leaving Cert grades – this has been somewhat vindicated this week.
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Aug 15th 2020, 6:30 AM
# State Exams
Over 48,000 Leaving Cert students have registered for Calculated Grades system
That leaves around 13,000 Leaving Cert students who have not yet registered.
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May 27th 2020, 2:32 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Leaving Cert students be awarded full marks for oral and practical exams?
The main teachers’ union the ASTI called for that measure today.
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May 10th 2020, 10:52 AM
# State Exams
Here's the score: What we know about marks, grades and appeals in the Leaving Cert 'Plan C'
There has been a lot of concerns about bright students in schools with poor Leaving Cert track records suffering under these rules.
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May 9th 2020, 4:10 PM
# State Exams
Why was the 29 July date cancelled? When will results be out? Questions about the new Leaving Cert plan answered
Here’s the detail and practicalities of what’s been decided.
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May 9th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Coronavirus
'Alternative assessment models' discussed at meeting about Leaving Cert plans
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
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May 6th 2020, 3:57 PM
# State Exams
Fianna Fáil says the time has come to cancel the Leaving Cert
The party’s education spokesperson says the uncertainty is causing stress for students and parents.
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May 2nd 2020, 1:19 PM
# State Exams
Junior Cert students to receive 'certificates of completion' from State and written report from school
Plans to hold a school-based version of the Junior Cert in the autumn have been cancelled.
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Apr 29th 2020, 1:50 PM
# State Exams
Majority of parents surveyed opposed to July/August start for Leaving Cert
29 July has been pencilled in as the most likely date by which the Leaving Cert would start.
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Apr 23rd 2020, 8:51 AM
# State Exams
'It's not realistic or viable' to hold Leaving Cert practical exams in current timeframe
Students with oral exams and music practicals have been awarded full marks – but other practical exams are to still go ahead.
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Apr 22nd 2020, 6:20 AM
# Covid-19
'We're not the ones making that decision': Tony Holohan refuses to be drawn on whether Leaving Cert will happen
The Leaving Cert has been postponed from its usual June period to late July or early August.
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Apr 14th 2020, 6:55 PM
# State Exams
Education minister to give clarity on Leaving and Junior Cert exams in coming days
The National Public Health Emergency Team is due to meet on Friday.
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Apr 8th 2020, 1:33 PM
# le Bac
France cancels traditional end of secondary school exams in favour of continuous assessment
The ‘bac’ has been a rite of passage for French students since it was introduced by Napoleon in 1808.
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Apr 3rd 2020, 4:48 PM
# Leaving Cert
Bereaved students will be allowed sit alternative Leaving Cert paper in July under new rules
Earlier this year, a student spoke on the radio about having to sit her Leaving Cert a day after her mother died.
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May 31st 2019, 8:50 AM
# Leaving Cert
'The computer is not marking any work': Exams commission confirms examiners will mark exams
The SEC said reports that some subjects would be marked using computers were ‘misleading’.
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May 14th 2019, 12:06 PM
# State Exams
Minister wants to change system after student had to sit Leaving Cert exam the day after her mother died
Rhona Butler said the current process is not fair on the student, family or school involved.
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Jan 18th 2019, 2:36 PM
# dun dun dun
D-Day for the nation's secondary school students as the Leaving and Junior Cert gets under way
Over 120,000 students around the country will begin their exams today.
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Jun 6th 2018, 6:00 AM
# splitting the stones
FactCheck: Is 'exam weather' really an Irish climate phenomenon?
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck looks at whether students really do make the sun shine for everyone.
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Jun 3rd 2018, 10:00 PM
# Young Scientist
How a brain-like computer could be used to mark exams
It’s almost as accurate as a human.
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Jan 13th 2018, 5:30 PM
# Leaving Cert
"That's me!": Donegal student hears about himself during Irish listening exam
A great day for the parish…
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Jun 15th 2016, 3:29 PM
# Leaving Cert
Male students are getting better grades in higher level maths
More students have been opting to do the higher level paper in recent years.
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Apr 28th 2016, 6:00 AM
# What you get?
Here's how students got on in the Leaving Cert
Pretty well. Fair play.
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Aug 12th 2015, 6:04 AM
# Not Correct
Investigation underway after examiner pictured correcting Leaving Cert paper on a train
The woman was pictured appearing to correct the higher level history paper on Tuesday.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 9:21 AM
# brenda and the wasp
16 ways this year's Junior and Leaving Certs are the funniest f**kers
We all need a laugh at this difficult time.
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Jun 5th 2015, 11:12 AM
# CAO 2014
In numbers: The Leaving Certificate results
Which subject had the highest failure rate? Which one had the most amount of As?
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Aug 13th 2014, 10:54 PM
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