Junior Cert: Biz students get down to brass tacks

Business studies took up the entire Junior Certificate schedule yesterday, although ordinary level students only had a morning paper to sit.

For the estimated 27,500 taking higher level, the first paper was very fair and well-prepared students had a lot of scope to show their knowledge. This was the view of Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) subject representative Eamon Scully.

But, he said, less prepared candidates should also have been able to attempt everything. The first handful of short questions were on “bread and butter” issues, easing all students into the exam, he said.