Exam chiefs blame human error for mistakes in papers

EXAM chiefs have blamed human error for two incidents which disrupted Leaving Certificate accounting and Junior Certificate business students in June.

At 18 schools in Dublin, higher level accounting papers given to 217 students had been incorrectly collated during the production stage. These exams were among 15% of this year’s Junior and Leaving Certificate papers printed internally by the State Examinations Commission (SEC); the majority were out-sourced to two British-based firms.

The centre pages of the accounting exam were missing from the papers given to students at the affected schools and the omitted pages had to be faxed and emailed during the exam.