Software issues cost Leaving Cert pupils marks

STUDENTS who took the first Leaving Certificate exam in a new design subject lost marks because of problems with software and loading projects onto CDs.

The difficulties are outlined in a chief examiner’s report on the first examination last June of design and communication graphics (DCG), which replaced technical drawing as a Leaving Certificate subject.

On a positive note, it attracted 6,204 entrants, 13% more students than took the final technical drawing exam in 2008 and almost 1,000 more than in 2007.