1,458 CLARE students commenced the Leaving Certificate on Wednesday.
State Examinations began this week with thousands of Clare students sitting the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied and Junior Cycle examinations, running until June 27, June 15, and June 19 respectively.
In Clare, 731 females and 727 males began the Leaving Certificate.
Minister for Education, Norma Foley (FF) confirmed that the results of the Leaving Cert will be issued to students on Friday August 25th. The move brings it back in line with pre-pandemic norms, after two years of receiving the results in September.
Reverting to the traditional time to receive results is a huge relief for students, Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) stated. “It’s also most welcome that the State Examinations Commission will again provide a deferred examinations sitting for those who, for whatever reason, through illness or bereavement might not be in a position to sit the first exam, and also implement a post-marking adjustment following completion of marking, in the context of avoiding any cliff edge in grades as compared to the pandemic years”.
“Thankfully, we are continuing to progress towards normality following the disruption to teaching and learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the impact of the pandemic is not yet in the past. We recognise that it will have disrupted teaching and learning for the cohort of students sitting State examinations this year and indeed the majority of those sitting Leaving Certificate examinations in 2024 will not have sat Junior Cycle examinations,” Deputy Crowe added.
