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Jennifer Horgan: Teachers' unions have got their way on Leaving Cert changes
Make no mistake, this decision to back away from teacher assessment is all about the souring relationship between teacher unions and the Department of Education, writes Jennifer Horgan

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

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AI fears prompt minister to suspend plans for teacher-based assessments in Leaving Cert 
The State Examinations Commission has been commissioned to assess the role and impact of AI in exams. Until that is completed, plans for teacher-based assessments have been paused

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

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Thirty-nine students have Leaving Cert results permanently withheld due to cheating
Students found copying in more than one subject can have all results withheld, State Examinations Commission said

Tue, 05 Sep, 2023

Education Minister defends decision to boost Leaving Cert grades this year
Education Minister defends decision to boost Leaving Cert grades this year
Speaking as exam results were released on Friday, Norma Foley stopped short of making that same promise to the Class of 2024

Fri, 25 Aug, 2023

Q&A: Education Correspondent Jess Casey answers your key Leaving Cert questions
Q&A: Education Correspondent Jess Casey answers your key Leaving Cert questions
If you are a student who wishes to check your exam script or appeal a result, the deadlines are very strict.

Fri, 25 Aug, 2023

Plans to spend €12m on new marking system for State exams
Plans to spend €12m on new marking system for State exams
The structure of marking schemes for each year’s exams is to be set up on a new online system “substantially earlier” than is currently the case.

Thu, 24 Aug, 2023

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Cost-of-living on home economics exam as Charlie Bird features in Junior Cycle religion 
The first day of the State exams continued this afternoon with the first elective subjects to be examined in 2023

Wed, 07 Jun, 2023

Call to allow dyslexic students extra time in State exams to 'help level the playing field'
Call to allow dyslexic students extra time in State exams to 'help level the playing field'
Dyslexic students may receive a waiver from the assessment of spelling, grammar, and punctuation in language subjects but extra time is not allowed

Thu, 11 May, 2023

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How will ChatGPT and artificial intelligence be used in our classrooms?
It’s not every day a spirit visits the classroom, but that is what happened when history teacher Patrick Hickey conjured up the ghost of a medieval peasant as a special guest for his first-year students.

Sat, 25 Mar, 2023

Ukrainian to be made a Leaving Cert exam subject in two years
Ukrainian to be made a Leaving Cert exam subject in two years
Ukrainian is currently being developed as a non-curricular language, which are languages not normally part of the school curriculum that students may opt to take when they meet certain criteria

Fri, 10 Mar, 2023

Autism campaigner, 12, aims to be first to sit State exam in Leinster House
Autism campaigner, 12, aims to be first to sit State exam in Leinster House
Every Wednesday from January 18, she will sit with her father Mark in areas where TDs congregate and ask them to support a petition, she has submitted to the Oireachtas for better autism services

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Delay reveals creaking sector
Irish Examiner view: Delay reveals creaking sector
Junior Cert results

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022

'We felt a little forgotten' — Long wait ends for Junior Cert students
'We felt a little forgotten' — Long wait ends for Junior Cert students
The State Examinations Commission said its continued objective is to "substantially increase" the numbers of teachers involved in marking

Wed, 23 Nov, 2022

Junior Cert results delay blamed on almost 20% drop in exam markers 
Junior Cert results delay blamed on almost 20% drop in exam markers 
Extreme shortage of examiners this year coupled with an increase in students sitting the exam have led to delay, DĂĄil committee told

Tue, 25 Oct, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Exam delay
Irish Examiner view: Exam delay
Junior Cert results

Wed, 19 Oct, 2022

Norma Foley: Definitive date for Junior Cycle results to be announced next week
Norma Foley: Definitive date for Junior Cycle results to be announced next week
A number of significant issues have impacted the delivery and marking of exams this year, delaying the results

Wed, 12 Oct, 2022

Exam cheating rises
Still no date confirmed for issuing Junior Cert results
'Significant issues' have impacted the delivery and marking of exams this year

Mon, 03 Oct, 2022

Foley defends reform of Leaving Cert Irish and English 
Foley defends reform of Leaving Cert Irish and English 
Education Minister Norma Foley has defended plans to hold two senior cycle exams a year earlier than usual, after internal documents showed concern among the State Examinations Commission with the revised timeline.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2022

First round of college offers set to be issued on September 8
First round of college offers set to be issued on September 8
The CAO also reminded students that the facility to change course choices closes on July 1 at 5pm

Fri, 24 Jun, 2022

Fears students will struggle to find accommodation due to late Leaving Cert results
Fears students will struggle to find accommodation due to late Leaving Cert results
College admissions will be delayed, universities warn

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

Leaving Cert students to get their results on September 2
Leaving Cert students to get their results on September 2
Colleges have warned that a late issue of the results could delay the start of the academic year for thousands of first-year students

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

Students who suffer medical emergencies 'should have access to deferred exams'
Students who suffer medical emergencies 'should have access to deferred exams'
Epilepsy Ireland has campaigned for many years for students to be given the chance to sit an exam during the same cycle should they miss out due to a medical condition

Mon, 20 Jun, 2022

Q&A: What can you expect in this year's State exams?
Q&A: What can you expect in this year's State exams?
What changes have been made to this year’s papers and what happens if a student gets Covid during the exams?

Tue, 07 Jun, 2022

Exam cheating rises
Irish Examiner view: No, we will continue to celebrate success
It's time to unbundle a mish-mash of assertions about media coverage of the Leaving Cert examinations

Thu, 28 Apr, 2022

Ofsted inspection report
Leaving Cert oral exams postponed for 500 students 
According to the State Examinations Commission, seven schools have been affected

Sat, 09 Apr, 2022

FILE PHOTO Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced that the hybrid system will not go ahead for this year's Leaving Cer
This year's Leaving Cert to offer students more choices and fewer questions to answer
The further adjustments made to the 2022 exams are the same as those implemented last March for Leaving Cert 2021

Tue, 08 Feb, 2022

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Cabinet to approve traditional Leaving Cert exams today
The Government is set to reject hybrid model in favour of a straightforward examination 'with some element of choice'

Tue, 01 Feb, 2022

Offering students a hybrid Leaving Cert 'fairest thing to do'
Offering students a hybrid Leaving Cert 'fairest thing to do'
Figures show a record number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2021

Tue, 25 Jan, 2022

Leaving Cert Q&A: I am not happy with my results. What are my next steps?
Leaving Cert Q&A: I am not happy with my results. What are my next steps?
Jess Casey talks students and their parents through important points about today's results, including the appeal process

Fri, 03 Sep, 2021

Leaving Certificate results
Jess Casey: Unprecedented circumstances shaped Leaving Cert 2021
The Irish Examiner's Education Correspondent looks back at the evolution of Ireland's unique hybrid secondary exam system 

Fri, 03 Sep, 2021

Autumn school exams warning
Leaving Certificate gets under way today for 55,000 students
Written exams will run until June 29 and until June 17 for Leaving Certificate Applied students

Wed, 09 Jun, 2021

Leaving Certificate results
Leaving Cert decision due next week
Discussions continued today between representatives of students, parents, teachers, and school management bodies, with officials from the State Examinations Commission (SEC) and the Department of Education

Tue, 02 Feb, 2021

Leaving Certificate results
'Further options' for State exams being explored
The Education Minister Norma Foley has repeatedly said she wants to hold traditional exams.

Fri, 22 Jan, 2021

Leaving Certificate results
Almost 3,000 students prepare to sit Leaving Cert exams from tomorrow
The Leaving Cert exams, which were cancelled for thousands of students this summer due to health and safety concerns during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, are set to begin tomorrow.

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020

Reopening childcare to cost up to €100m amid Covid-19
Reopening childcare to cost up to €100m amid Covid-19
Extra staff needed to comply with requirement for ‘play pods’

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Jess Casey: Reopening Irish schools will be anything but child’s play
Jess Casey: Reopening Irish schools will be anything but child’s play
Ireland can learn from other countries, but our underfunded, overcrowded system will face challenges, writes Jess Casey

Sat, 30 May, 2020

'Compelling evidence' to cancel Leaving Cert, Minister insists as scrutiny intensifies
'Compelling evidence' to cancel Leaving Cert, Minister insists as scrutiny intensifies
"It would not be the exam experience which students had prepared for and would have had an expectation of sitting before this crisis hit."

Wed, 13 May, 2020

Teachers' unions seek clarity on predictive Leaving Cert grading
Teachers' unions seek clarity on predictive Leaving Cert grading
The country's largest teachers' union is seeking legal advice over fears teachers could be sued due to the calculated grades they give this year's Leaving Cert students.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

Demands for legislation to protect teachers from parental pressure on Leaving Cert assessments
Demands for legislation to protect teachers from parental pressure on Leaving Cert assessments
The Teachers' Union of Ireland says they will work with the proposal and will meet with the Department of Education to make sure it is fair for each student.

Sat, 09 May, 2020

Daniel McConnell: 'The right thing has been done on Leaving Cert — but should never have come to this'
Daniel McConnell: 'The right thing has been done on Leaving Cert — but should never have come to this'
On Thursday, April 2, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar took to the podium in the Government Press Centre to provide an update on the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sat, 09 May, 2020

Eight-in-ten students want Leaving Cert exams scrapped
Eight-in-ten students want Leaving Cert exams scrapped
Almost 80% of Leaving Cert students would like to see the postponed exams cancelled and an alternative grading system used.

Wed, 06 May, 2020

Leaving Cert won't have standard timetable this year - ASTI
Leaving Cert won't have standard timetable this year - ASTI
The normal timetable for the Leaving Cert exams will not operate this year, the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has told its members.

Wed, 06 May, 2020

Parents demand alternative plans be made available as students reveal pressure of uncertainty
Parents demand alternative plans be made available as students reveal pressure of uncertainty
Parents are demanding that clear alternative plans to the Leaving Cert exams be made available to students given the additional demands and pressures they are under due to the pandemic.

Wed, 06 May, 2020

Jess Casey: Move to cancel Junior Cert entirely was the right call to make
Jess Casey: Move to cancel Junior Cert entirely was the right call to make
While it might have been an unintended consequence of a decision made during a crisis, it would have been inherently cruel to have exams dangling over the heads of young students throughout the summer.

Wed, 29 Apr, 2020

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