This year’s grades will, on aggregate, be at least as high as 2021 as State Examinations Commission says number of factors have delayed their release
This year’s 60,000 Leaving Cert students will be able to access their results online from 10am on Friday, September 2nd. Photograph: Bryan O'BrienIt’s been a long and uncertain journey, but the end is finally in sight. This year’s 60,000 Leaving Cert students will be able to access their results online from 10am on Friday, September 2nd.
They include a shortage of examiners, the staging of a second set of exams in July for Covid and other reasons — in addition to the Government’s decision to ensure this year’s results are, on aggregate, “no lower” than last year. This last step requires statistical adjustments, or what the SEC calls a “post-marking intervention”.This year’s grades will, on aggregate, be at least as high as last year.
This year there has been a surge in applications for computing, environment, architecture/construction and arts/humanities courses this year. By contrast, nursing and some health-related courses show steep decreases. So, points will still rise and fall.Random selection, or a lottery, is the method used by the CAO to award places when students with the required number of points outnumber the places available.