# state-exams - Friday 31 May, 2019
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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# state-exams - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
The SEC said reports that some subjects would be marked using computers were ‘misleading’.
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# state-exams - Friday 18 January, 2019
Rhona Butler said the current process is not fair on the student, family or school involved.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
Over 120,000 students around the country will begin their exams today.
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# state-exams - Sunday 3 June, 2018
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck looks at whether students really do make the sun shine for everyone.
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# state-exams - Saturday 13 January, 2018
It’s almost as accurate as a human.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 15 June, 2016
A great day for the parish…
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# state-exams - Thursday 28 April, 2016
More students have been opting to do the higher level paper in recent years.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
Pretty well. Fair play.
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# state-exams - Thursday 2 July, 2015
The woman was pictured appearing to correct the higher level history paper on Tuesday.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 13 August, 2014
Which subject had the highest failure rate? Which one had the most amount of As?
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LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE.
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Did you scream with joy, have a little cry, or let out a loud “meh”?
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“Regardless of what results lie in that envelope, remember all the dedication and hard work you put in”.
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# state-exams - Monday 11 August, 2014
Further proposals for a revamp of the Leaving Certificate have been reported this morning.
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# state-exams - Saturday 7 June, 2014
How many A4 pages will be used? How many people set the tests? How many subjects are being examined? SO MANY QUESTIONS.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
The papers were called “comfortable”, but a Home Economics question on soup raised eyebrows.
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It’s not the end of the world. Honestly.
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Stress and pressure are, unfortunately, part and parcel of exams. But there are also simple ways to keep calm and perform well.
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# state-exams - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
Leigh anois go curamach…
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# state-exams - Sunday 16 March, 2014
The State Examiner admitted the incorrect photo was used in the Physics section, but said it had no affect on students’ answers.
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# state-exams - Sunday 18 August, 2013
Some of your loved ones might be awaiting a college offer – through a system that mightn’t make sense to many. Here’s our crash course.
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# state-exams - Friday 16 August, 2013
The exam scripts were held back with a further 25 ‘provisionally withheld pending communication’ with students.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
“It doesn’t matter”… “I did crap and look at me”… KEEP IT TO YOURSELVES!
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of students sitting Higher Level Maths – and the percentage of them getting the top grades.
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# state-exams - Friday 21 June, 2013
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.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Warning: the following article contains trigonometry.
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# state-exams - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Science minister Sean Sherlock believes the State Examinations Commission will ensure no student loses out over the error.
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# state-exams - Monday 10 June, 2013
The English version of a Maths question mistakenly inserted an extra number – which meant two answers are possible.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
“Only 2 hours, 46 minutes until it’s over”
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We really hate it when sport and state exams clash.
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# state-exams - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
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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# state-exams - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Reforms announced by Ruairí Quinn this afternoon replace terminal exams with continual assessment – with the terminal exams scrapped altogether by 2020.
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# state-exams - Friday 14 September, 2012
Only the stereotypically male strongholds of Maths and Metalwork see boys have a higher proportion of A grades than girls.
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# state-exams - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Almost 56,000 students will be getting their results today – but do Leaving Cert results affect your future?
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Leaving Cert results are being issued to over 55,800 students around Ireland today.
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# state-exams - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Guidance counsellors will be manning the 2012 Exam Helpline to provide information for students, parents and teachers.
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# state-exams - Monday 30 July, 2012
Delegates to Young Fine Gael’s summer school pass a motion saying teachers’ summers should be spent correcting papers.
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# state-exams - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
A version of tomorrow’s Leaving Cert honours History paper has appeared online – but the SEC says it’s not the real deal.
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