Jess Casey: Unprecedented circumstances shaped Leaving Cert 2021

The Irish Examiner's Education Correspondent looks back at the evolution of Ireland's unique hybrid secondary exam system 

Leaving Certificate students will be discovering their results online this morning on the examinations.ie portal. File picture

Ireland is unique in terms of how much choice it gave students in their final assessments this year, so it's worth remembering the unprecedented circumstances that led us here.

The decision to offer a two-track approach to Leaving Cert 2021 was made during a cold, dark February in the midst of the worst wave of Covid-19 to hit our shores.