Student-friendly topical paper is the business

The day started and ended with business studies for Junior Certificate students, and there was just a single exam for those who chose the ordinary level test.

Joe Moran of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland said he found nothing to complain about in the first of two papers for higher level students in the morning.

He considered most questions to be of the usual standard, with the introduction of some modern elements in the final question about buying and borrowing to finance a laptop computer, where students also had to explain a number of technology terms.