Irish Examiner view: Delay reveals creaking sector

Junior Cert results

Students Tatiana Sousa, Rebecca Flynn O'Connell, Dolly Sheehan, Dina Biro, Zunaira Riaz, and Jayne Magnier celebrating their Junior Certificate results at St. Aloysius' School in Cork city. Picture: Denis Minihane.

At long last the Junior Certificate exam results have been issued, with more than 67,000 students finally getting their marks yesterday.

There’s been a lengthy delay in issuing those results, with the State Examinations Commission blaming a dramatic fall in the number of examiners: the SEC says while the number of Junior Cycle candidates numbers are up by 5% since 2019, the number of examiners has decreased by 38%.