Leaving Cert schedule to change but plan for Saturday paper resisted

CHANGES will definitely be made to the order of written exams in next year’s Leaving Certificate but Education Minister Mary Hanafin has yet to decide if the first English paper will be taken on a Saturday in May.

Her plan to move at least one written paper to a weekend in the month before the main exam timetable has been strongly resisted by some school management authorities and teachers.

However, discussions between the State Examinations Commission and management groups are still taking place on the issue.