A candidate who secured 550 points last year can expect to get about 538 points in the 2025 exams due to efforts to gradually return exam results to pre-Covid levels
Move follows criticism from students and teachers over ‘harsh’ scoring system
Students will be competing for college places against applicants with bumper grades from previous years
Teachers fear rise of tools such as ChatGPT pose threat to the integrity of coursework
By 2029, 41 subjects will have been redeveloped. Most will have an additional component such as a project or investigation
Teachers' union seeks legal indemnity to protect members who must authenticate students' work
Students with visual impairments should be able to access modified or enlarged mock State exam papers
State Examinations Commission advised Minister for Education Norma Foley Easter is least disruptive period for students
Feeder Schools data shows how Ireland’s children progress after completing second-level education.
Many neurodiverse pupils are high achievers, but the education assessment system can present them with unique challenges
Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern
Almost 73,000 students will receive their Junior Cycle results on Wednesday, a week earlier than last year
Thirty-one students who did not appeal results get upgrades following quality assurance checks
Minister for Education Norma Foley announced in April that there will be no change from last year, with grades to stay at the same level
Brian Mooney on students’ queries to The Irish Times Leaving Cert results helpdesk
Minister for Education says exam authorities will ‘give an opportunity for students to return to pre-Covid levels’
Joy at getting high grades may be short lived for some when they access their CAO offers next Wednesday
Almost 61,000 students receiving their exam results from 10am on Friday
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exam oversight body paid out €60,000 in a legal settlement, accounts show
Timeline of this year’s Leaving Certificate results, with dates and deadlines for viewing exam scripts, appealing subjects and CAO offers
‘Gradual’ return to normal Leaving Cert results without ‘postmarking adjustment’ to begin next year
There are risk with the use of AI in education, but it also has huge potential to improve teaching and learning
Daniel Murphy says he would have gotten stuck ‘behind silage traffic’ when taking route to Kells suggested by State Examinations Commission
Teachers' conference hears State regulator is aware of more predators using social media to extort children
A transition year student’s award-winning investigation has shone a light on readability issues for many sitting Junior Cycle maths papers
Lauren Lynch ‘ended up in a class for students who teachers didn’t want to teach’ and says too many pupils labelled ‘stupid’ for disability
Norma Foley ‘deferred’ school-based assessments last year, citing need to research impact of artificial intelligence
Representatives had called for return to term-time assessments to give candidates a ‘much-needed break’
It is important to understand the component parts: there are two key numbers associated with each school listed.
Students and teachers want return to term-time to give candidates a ‘much-needed break’
Those achieving highest grades must demonstrate ‘high level of mastery’ of knowledge, understanding and skills
Bolstered supply of examiners facilitates results being issued a month earlier than last year
Junior Cert: Signs of positive shift in teaching and learning, but concerns voiced over student stress and workload
Teachers will need to monitor coursework to be able to verify it is candidates’ own work, says State Examinations Commission
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