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The document has been agreed with the teacher trade unions and school management bodies

ASTI advises teachers not to engage with LC guidelines

The ASTI is advising its Leaving Certificate teachers not to engage with the new calculated grades system until an indemnity to give them legal protection is up to the standard that it and its lawyers require.

Education • 21 May 20

The department said the State Examinations Commission will send exam papers it has prepared to schools

Schools urged over decision on Junior Cycle exams

The Minister for Education has asked second-level schools to hold-off on making decision regarding assessment arrangements for Junior Cycle students until a collective agreement as to how to proceed is reached.

Education • 22 Apr 20

23% of appeals in Higher Level Maths were successful

Leaving Cert exam upgrades double

The number of upgrades awarded to Leaving Certificate candidates has more than doubled this year compared to last.

Education • 18 Sep 19

Notices are placed in prominent locations warning students of the penalties for cheating

LC results not given to 71 students over cheating fears

Seventy-one students who sat the Leaving Certificate this year have not been given their results over fears they have cheated.

Education • 14 Aug 19

Rebecca Carter (L) and Rhona Butler both managed to change the system

Two students who made a difference

Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly looks at two students who managed to change the examination system through their actions.

Ireland • 13 Aug 19

18 Chemistry papers were upgraded after one student appealed results

Unexpected upgrade for 18 Leaving Cert students

Eighteen students who sat Chemistry in this year's Leaving Certificate year will receive the unexpected news of a results upgrade from the State Examinations Commission.

Education • 10 Oct 18

Lawyers for the Commission said they were waiting on the full written judgement from the court

SEC undecided on Leaving Cert marks appeal

The State Examinations Commission has not yet decided whether to appeal last week's High Court judgment against it, the High Court has been told.

Courts • 01 Oct 18

Richard Bruton said he would look at the tightening of timetables in the appeals process

Bruton: No need to pay more teachers to correct exams

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has said he will not have to pay more teachers to correct Leaving Cert exam papers to speed up the correction process.

Education • 30 Sep 18

Rebecca Carter took her case to the High Court

Student accepts college course offer following appeal

Student Rebecca Carter, who won her High Court case aimed at getting a marking mistake fixed in time for her to go to university, has this afternoon accepted an offer to study veterinary medicine at UCD.

Education • 28 Sep 18

Rebecca Carter won her case at the High Court

SEC, Higher Education bodies for talks over exam ruling

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has asked his officials to convene a meeting with the State Examinations Commission and the Higher Education institutions to resolve issues raised by a High Court ruling in favour of a student whose marks were wrongly calculated.

Education • 27 Sep 18

The State Examination Commission posts the regulations outside every exam centre

80 Leaving Cert results withheld over cheating fears

Eighty students who sat the Leaving Certificate exams this year have not been given their results over fears they may have cheated.

Education • 17 Aug 18

11.4% of Junior Certificate examiners in 2017 were not teachers, according to the State Examinations Commission

SEC: Rise in non-teachers correcting Junior Cert papers

The overwhelming majority of examiners correcting last year's Leaving Certificate papers were qualified teachers, but more than 11% of those assessing Junior Certificate papers were not, according to data released this evening by the State Examinations Commission.

Education • 22 Jun 18

The SEC appoints approximately 6,800 examiners annually to mark State Examinations

Dáil told of scramble to find examiners for State exams

Fianna Fáil's Education Spokesperson Thomas Byrne has asked the Minister for Education to set out how he will address what he says is a shortage of examiners to conduct this year's State Examinations.

Education • 24 Apr 18

SEC says paper was posted online after exam had started

SEC contacts supervisors after exam Facebook posting

The State Examinations Commission is investigating what appears to have been a security breach during the leaving Certificate Irish Higher Level Paper 2.

Education • 13 Jun 17

State Examinations Commission has issued similar appeals in recent years

SEC appeals for teachers to mark Leaving Cert exams

The State Examinations Commission has issued an urgent appeal for teachers to mark this year's Leaving and Junior Certificate exams over the summer.

Ireland • 01 Jun 17

Affected students had faced losing 10% of their marks

ASTI backs guidelines over 10% of junior English exam

Junior Cycle English students in ASTI schools will not be penalised following agreement by the union to facilitate an assessment task which will be externally assessed by the State Examinations Commission.

News • 09 Mar 17

Around two thirds of students were at risk of losing 10% of their marks

Exam body clarifies issue over English marks

The body responsible for marking the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams has issued a clarification which may remove a threat of lost marks in English that was hanging over thousands of Junior Cycle students.

News • 06 Mar 17

Megan Cassidy, Sibeal Ni Mhaoileoin, Phoebe Kelly McDonnell and Hazel O'Kelly, after collecting their Leaving Certificate exam results at Mount Temple School in Dublin

Wait over for 58,000 Leaving Cert students

The wait for results is over for more than 58,000 students who sat this year's Leaving Certificate exams, with six students earning eight A1s.

News • 17 Aug 16

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