Something similar happened in 2023. A particularly difficult higher level Leaving Cert maths paper meant the proportion of ...

Sweeping changes to the Leaving Cert grading system were introduced last year. The old familiar grading system - A1, B2, C3 - was replaced with grades from H1 to H8 (for higher-level subjects) and ...

A new Leaving Certificate grading system and CAO points scale will be in place for candidates sitting the exam in 2017, Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan confirmed today.

Here's a complete breakdown of the new Leaving Cert grading system. Every year I enjoy watching my students collect their results. Students arrive, nervously accept their envelope, and slink off ...

Leaving Cert grading system to start returning to normal in 2025 but stay the same this year The date of the 2024 Leaving Cert results was also announced today as Friday 23 August. 12.30pm, 17 Apr ...

A number of Leaving Cert students may be forced to defer their year at college over the mistakes found in the calculated grades system. Up to 1,000 extra college places could be needed after ...

The proposal would see the number of grades available in the Leaving Certificate reduce from 14 to eight. Education Minister Ruairí Quinn said the new grading scheme aimed to shift focus from ...

The quality of the Leaving Cert grading system was sacrificed by the time restrictions. Clearly, the analysis that has turned up the errors should have been done beforehand, but the country was on ...

Elaine Burke writes that the decision to adjust Leaving Cert grades based on previous ... @McHughJoeTD and @AodhanORiordain clash in Dáil over new Leaving Cert grading system. https://t.co ...

Changes implemented by the Minister for Education to the model used to assess calculated Leaving Certificate grades systematically disadvantaged and prejudiced good students attending high ...

The new grading system could be introduced in June 2017. The plans were unveiled in an interim report, published by the Department of Education, that aims to reform how students move into higher ...

The new grading system could be introduced in June 2017. The plans were unveiled in an interim report, published by the Department of Education, that aims to reform how students move into higher ...