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Norma Foley speaking in the Dáil this evening

Deadline to register for Leaving Cert extended - Foley

The deadline for registration to sit this year's postponed Leaving Certificate exams has been extended from tomorrow to next Wednesday, Minister for Education Norma Foley has told the Dáil.

Education • 01 Oct 20

Aaron and Conor Daly were awarded identical calculated grades

Downgrading costs Dublin student a place in Medicine

Identical twins Aaron and Conor Daly from Rathcoole in Co Dublin had identical ambitions to study medicine.

Education • 30 Sep 20

A helpline has been opened by the Department of Education

I'm a Leaving Cert student - What happens now?

With errors identified in the Leaving Cert calculated grades system, how is the situation going to be resolved?

Calculated Grades System • 30 Sep 20

Martha Woods missed out on a place in dentistry in UCC this year after the entry requirement rose by 23 points

2019 Leaving Cert student brings challenge over grades

A student who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2019 has brought a High Court challenge after missing out on her first choice of university course.

Courts • 17 Sep 20

Students have until 5pm on Wednesday to lodge an appeal

School calculated grades available to students

The Leaving Cert class of 2020 are now able to find out what marks they were awarded by their schools.

Education • 14 Sep 20

Ceanna Murphy is overjoyed as she sees the CAO text confirming she has enough points for her first choice at NUIG

Nerves aplenty as Athlone students wait for CAO text

Midlands students glued to their phones for their fate to be decided in a text alert sent from the CAO.

Coronavirus • 12 Sep 20

The O'Gorman brothers are both heading to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick

Relief for Waterford brothers as school days over

Two Waterford brothers who have been through more than most together in recent years will be heading off to college together in the coming weeks after receiving CAO offers this afternoon.

Regional • 11 Sep 20

Grade reductions affected 96% of Leaving Cert students at the Institute of Education

96% at Dublin grinds school have LC grades reduced

Almost every pupil at a Dublin grinds school has had at least one grade reduced in the Leaving Cert with 96% affected.

Education • 10 Sep 20

Students from Athlone Community College celebrate their results

Students have 'many options' as exam results published

Students who may be disappointed with their Leaving Certificate results have "many, many options" and are being urged not to panic as this year's calculated grades are published.

Education • 07 Sep 20

The Leaving Certificate results this year are higher than any other year on record

Record high results for Leaving Cert class of 2020

Around 60,000 students in the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 will receive results, which are available online today, with grades higher than any other year on record.

Education • 07 Sep 20

Domo Kajic at Scoil Mhuire Secondary School in Trim

After calculated grades, life was real test for teacher

The German and Maths teacher at Scoil Mhuire Secondary School in Trim has one thing in common with his Leaving Certificate students this year as his exams were also cancelled, abruptly, 28 years ago.

Analysis and Comment • 07 Sep 20

Elijah Burke had challenged the Minister's decision to exclude him from the calculated grades process

Concern over results timing for home-schooled student

A High Court judge has expressed concern that the Minister for Education "cannot guarantee" that a home-schooled Leaving Cert student will get any calculated grades at the same time as other candidates get their results.

Courts • 25 Aug 20

All you need to know about Calculated Grades

RTÉ's Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly looks at some of the most frequently asked questions about this year's Calculated Grades system for Leaving Certificate students.

Education • 16 Aug 20

An online portal was opened earlier this week for Leaving Cert students

Leaving Cert portal deadline extended as 98% register

The Department of Education has said that 98% of Leaving Certificate students have registered for the calculated grades student portal.

Education • 28 May 20

Joe McHugh said that all decisions will be based on public health advice (file pic)

Guidelines for teachers on LC grading to be published

Guidelines governing the role of teachers and schools in the collating of calculated grades for Leaving Certificate students will be published tomorrow, the Minister for Education has told the Dáil.

Education • 20 May 20

This news will not be fair to everybody, but many believe it is the 'least worse' option that so many were searching for

Trust teachers: The idea at heart of this year's exams

In normal times such a decision – to require teachers to judge their own students for such a high stakes process as the Leaving Certificate exams – would have caused uproar, striking terror in the hearts of many teachers, and also students and parents. But these are not normal times.

Analysis and Comment • 09 May 20

Amid uncertainty, what is known about the Leaving Cert?

Much of the uncertainty surrounding this year's Leaving Certificate exams is inevitable, and there are things that can't be decided upon now as nobody knows for sure the course that this pandemic and our response to it will take, writes Emma O'Kelly.

Analysis and Comment • 03 May 20

FF and SF criticised the fact there was no mention of the Leaving Certificate exams in the Taoiseach's roadmap statement (pic: Rollingnews.ie)

FF, SF critical of Leaving Cert roadmap 'oversight'

Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to cancel this year's Leaving Certificate and work on what it calls "fair alternatives", while Sinn Féin has asked for the public health criteria needed for the exams to proceed be clarified.

Coronavirus • 02 May 20

Ian McDonagh with Bushfield Nursing Home resident Mary Kate Connors

Leaving Cert student's 30-hour week on Covid frontline

Ian McDonagh is busy these days. The 18-year-old Leaving Certificate student is studying for his exams. He is also working a 30-hour week as a healthcare assistant in a local nursing home.

Education • 02 May 20

The Minister for Education said he would be confirming the date in a couple of days' time

McHugh: Leaving Cert could 'potentially' start 29 July

Minister for Education Joe McHugh has said that this year's Leaving Certificate exams could "potentially" begin on 29 July.

Education • 22 Apr 20

The decision to postpone the examinations has been welcomed by school management bodies, but many students still have concerns

Unions call on teachers to engage with exam proposals

Teachers' unions are calling on members to engage with proposals to have students return to their classrooms for several weeks in July ahead of the Leaving Certificate exams.

Education • 11 Apr 20

There are 126,000 students due to sit the State exams in 2020

State exams to go ahead 'by hook or by crook'

Plans are being drawn up to ensure both the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate exams will go ahead this year, the Taoiseach has said.

Education • 02 Apr 20

The board said the assessment of the current appeals process would be done in order to contribute fully and fruitfully to the broader discussions

'Urgent assessment' of LC appeal timeline to take place

The State Examinations Commission is to carry out an "urgent assessment" of the current timelines involved in the Leaving Certificate appeals process.

Education • 28 Sep 18

Rebecca Carter claimed she was denied a place in UCD due to an error totting up marks in one of her papers

Student wins case over incorrect Leaving Cert marks

An 18-year-old student who was in danger of losing her university place to study veterinary medicine after the marks on one of her Leaving Cert papers were added up wrongly, has won her case in the High Court.

Courts • 26 Sep 18

More than 100,000 students will begin the State exams this Wednesday

Students encouraged to mind mental health during exams

A leading mental health charity has called for those taking part in State exams to look after their well-being during the Leaving and Junior cert exams.

Education • 04 Jun 18