Last year, a shortage of written examiners contributed to the delayed issuing of Leaving Cert results. No date has yet been set for Junior Cert results. The first round of college offers is due to be issued to students by the CAO on August 30. Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied exam results are due to go to students on Friday, August 25. The deferred set of exams is due to begin on Thursday, June 29. Junior Certificate students Claire Nolan and Mia Barrett getting ready for their first exam at Kinsale Community School. This year for the first time, students who suffer an extreme medical emergency during an exam will also be eligible to sit these deferred exams, alongside students who miss the main sitting due to close family bereavement or serious illness, accident, or injury. However, they will be eligible to resit these when the SEC hosts the deferred sitting of exams later in June. Leaving Cert students who test positive for covid-19 will be subject to a mandatory five-day absence from the exams. "On behalf of my fellow commissioners and all of the staff of the SEC, I wish to offer sincere best wishes to all those taking the certificate examinations this year.” These adjustments are "proportionate" to the educational experience of the class of 2023, according to SEC chairman Pat Burke. Last year, more than half of all grades were bumped up to ensure the class of 2022 did as well as students the year before.Īdjustments to the exam papers this year will allow students more choices to take into account the disruption to their learning during the pandemic. The date of results, due to be issued to students on August 25, has taken account of the time needed for this step. Picture: Dan LinehanĪccording to the SEC, this adjustment can only be applied once all the marking has been completed. Leaving Certificate students catching up on some last minute study at Kinsale Community School, Co Cork. While some normality in education has returned in recent times, the effects of the pandemic can still be seen on the exam cycle.Ĭalculated grades in 2020, and a two-track ‘hybrid’ approach to the Leaving Cert exams in 2021, both contributed greatly to record grade inflation, which in turn put massive pressure on CAO points and college places.ĭue to the continued promise there will be no "cliff edge" return to pre-pandemic grades when it comes to Leaving Certificate results this year, the State Examinations Commission (SEC) will apply post-marking adjustments for the second year in a row. The almost 71,500 students starting their Junior Cert exams also had their education affected by school closures during covid-19, with many ending primary school during school closures, and starting secondary school amidst strict covid-19 restrictions. Leaving Certificate students Caoimhe Barrett with her sister Mia who is sitting the Junior Certificate at Kinsale Community School Co Cork. The class of 2023 did not get to experience Junior Cert exams in 2020 after these were cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. For more than 63,500 Leaving Cert students, Wednesday also marks the first time they will sit an official State exam.
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