Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert exam

AGENDA

Problematic Home Economics exam question highlights just how behind the Leaving Cert curriculum remains

The state exam has been heavily criticised for a question that appeared on the Home Economics exam paper…

By Sarah Gill

Leaving Cert exam

AGENDA

The Leaving Certificate is getting a long-overdue shake up, but will the reform reduce stress?

With new subjects being added, a greater weight being put on continuous assessment and some exams being sat…

By Sarah Gill

Leaving Cert advice

SELF

‘The thaw begins today. This is your Spring’: The gorgeous advice to Leaving Cert students that moved us all to tears

Leaving Cert exam advice that goes beyond “What’s for you, won’t pass you”. Everyone has their own memories…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

Help! The Leaving Certificate results are out and my child is devastated

Guidance counsellor Jenny Blayney lists out the options to consider if your child didn’t get the Leaving Certificate…

By Geraldine Carton

AGENDA

The Leaving Cert will go ahead, but what will it look like?

By Jennifer McShane

canceltheLeavingCert2021

AGENDA

‘You are just not listening’: Student campaign to #canceltheLeavingCert2021 gains momentum

Ahead of this evening's meeting to discuss exams, the Teachers Union of Ireland has called for the Leaving…

By Amanda Cassidy

AGENDA

‘While the Department and unions bicker, our children remain in educational limbo’

Attempts to bring children with additional learning needs back to schools early have failed. The second u-turn in…

By Amanda Cassidy

AGENDA

An ode to the class of 2020, on a Leaving Cert Results Night like no other

A day of celebration, where the usual methods are out of the question. An ode to the class…

By Erin Lindsay

predicted Leaving Certificate grades

EDITORIAL

Minister for Education says teachers are not obliged to base calculated LC grades on mock exams

Minister for Education Joe McHugh told the Dáil yesterday that mock exams would not dictate predicted grades, and…

By Megan Burns

EDITORIAL

IMAGEWrites: Lucy White remembers the horrors of the exam hall and wonders why the system has barely changed

As the government wrangles with its “Plan B”, our writer remembers the institutional horrors of the exam hall…

By Lucy White

EDITORIAL

Opinion: The new Leaving Cert process omits a certain type of student – the crammer

As the State announces Leaving Cert grades will be based on a student's predicted results from their year…

By Erin Lindsay

Leaving Cert

EDITORIAL

Leaving Cert set to be cancelled, replaced with ‘predicted’ grades

Reports circulating on Thursday evening say the Leaving Cert in its traditional form will be cancelled for 2020,…

By Jennifer McShane