English Paper II blunder fails to impact on grades

THE blunder in this year’s English Leaving Certificate paper did little to disrupt pupils who sat the rescheduled exam, according to the results awarded to 51,000 students this morning.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) revealed while grades were marginally down on the honours paper, pupils sitting the ordinary level paper secured better marks than last year.

Candidates were forced to sit the exam on a Saturday morning after a superintendent handed out the wrong paper on the wrong day.