Letters to the Editor: Post-marking intervention may lift some Leaving Cert grades

There will be a copious supply of CAO, further education, apprenticeships, traineeships and employment places available for 2022 school leavers

The waiting is over for about 120,000 candidates as the state exams get underway next Wednesday. The Junior Cycle exam takes place for the first time since 2019. The Leaving Cert exam returns to the traditional format after two years of calculated and accredited grades. 

However, candidates will have additional choices and fewer questions to compensate for Covid-related disruption to the school year. Minister Norma Foley has said the overall marks in the Leaving Cert this year will be no lower than last year’s record-breaking set of results. This will be achieved by allowing the State Examinations Commission (SEC) to apply a ‘post-marking intervention’ which will lift all students’ marks, if necessary.