Students’ results upgrade may be too late

ALMOST 2,100 upgrades were awarded to Leaving Certificate students who had appealed their results.

But for the one-in-five students who secured an upgrade the improved grades may have come too little too late to enter the third-level course of their choice, a secondary teacher’s leader warned last night.

Susie Hall said the appeals mechanism must be sped up by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) so students would not have to wait for their final results and possibly risking their first choice third-level place.