Exams commission accepts JobBridge as jobs tool after appeals

Leaving Certificate exam setters have reversed their view that JobBridge is not aimed at creating employment — but only after it became clear that hundreds of students believe it is.

The Leaving Certificate home economics chief examiner added the controversial internship scheme as a possible answer to a question asking for the name and details of a statutory initiative aimed at creating employment.

In the marking scheme issued to those correcting the higher-level exam last summer, potential answers to the question — worth 10 out of 400 marks, or 2.5% — included the IDA, Solas, Enterprise Ireland, county or city enterprise boards, and Údarás na Gaeltachta.