State Exams
# state-exams - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Formal Junior Cert exams abolished under new system
Reforms announced by Ruairà Quinn this afternoon replace terminal exams with continual assessment – with the terminal exams scrapped altogether by 2020.
# state-exams - Friday 14 September, 2012
Junior Cert results: Girls outperform boys in 20 out of 23 subjects
Only the stereotypically male strongholds of Maths and Metalwork see boys have a higher proportion of A grades than girls.
# state-exams - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Explainer: A beginner’s guide to the CAO Points system
Some of your loved ones might be awaiting a college offer – through a system that mightn’t make sense to many. Here’s our crash course.
# state-exams - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Poll: Do you think Leaving Certificate results are important?
Almost 56,000 students will be getting their results today – but do Leaving Cert results affect your future?
‘You deserve to celebrate your achievements’ – Minister congratulates LC students
Leaving Cert results are being issued to over 55,800 students around Ireland today.
# state-exams - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Need advice on your Leaving Cert results?
Guidance counsellors will be manning the 2012 Exam Helpline to provide information for students, parents and teachers.
# state-exams - Monday 30 July, 2012
FG youth wing says teachers should be forced to correct State exams
Delegates to Young Fine Gael’s summer school pass a motion saying teachers’ summers should be spent correcting papers.
# state-exams - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Exams body warns students against hoax ‘leaks’ after History paper surfaces online
A version of tomorrow’s Leaving Cert honours History paper has appeared online – but the SEC says it’s not the real deal.
# state-exams - Saturday 9 June, 2012
Secondary school students call for increased security after Leaving Cert breach
CDs for the Leaving Cert Irish exam were inadvertently played at some Junior Cert exam papers yesterday. The Department of Education says an investigation is underway.
# state-exams - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Leaving Cert students asked to reflect during ‘challenging’ English exam
The theme for today’s higher level paper was Memories.
Good luck! Leaving and Junior Cert students begin exams this morning
Stress tests have a different meaning today for more than 116,000 third and sixth year students.
# state-exams - Monday 4 June, 2012
Message to Leaving Cert students: get to your exams on time
Those attending Dublin exam centres have also been warned about delays because of the Olympic Torch relay event.
# state-exams - Friday 1 June, 2012
Fewer students to sit this year’s Leaving Cert
Over 50,000 students, 13 days, 3.1 million exam papers, 105 subjects. Shudder.
# state-exams - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Fancy some free Leaving Cert notes?
A notice posted on Adverts.ie is offering free notes for several Leaving Cert subjects.
# state-exams - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Junior Cert to be significantly changed under new scheme
Minister of Education gives his approval to NCCA’s proposals to change the focus of the Junior Cert from rote learning and state exams.
# state-exams - Friday 21 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
Teachers welcome delay in changes to Junior Cert
Minister for Education Ruairà Quinn has said the introduction of a limit on subjects for Junior Cert students will not be rolled out until 2014.
# state-exams - Monday 8 August, 2011
Calls for marking state exams to be part of teachers’ jobs
Teachers who choose to mark exam papers during the summer are paid extra on top of their salaries. There are calls for the bonus payments system to be reviewed.
# state-exams - Saturday 9 July, 2011
Junior Cert cut to eight subjects under new government plan
Students will be limited to eight exam subjects so that they have more time to devote to literacy and numeracy skills.
# state-exams - Friday 10 June, 2011
Day 3: Exam students tackle Geography and Maths papers
Students in the Leaving and Junior Cert will both face papers on Maths and Geography today ahead of a welcomed weekend.
# state-exams - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Reeling in the Leaving Certs: 6 memorable moments from past exams
However much preparation goes in to the exams, the least likely things can happen…
# state-exams - Sunday 5 June, 2011
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Aer Lingus strikes could save Ireland from E.coli, even more payouts for Ivor Callely, and no more baggy trousers in Texas…
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