Leaving Cert Students secure higher grades after sitting exams
Nearly 40 percent of Leaving Cert students are getting higher grades from the deferred exam, than they were offered in predictive grades. More than 2,200 will be able to access their marks online from midday. Students who earn more points than in the calculated grades will have the…
MacSharry wants early decision on this year’s exams
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is asking that decisions on this year’s school examinations, particularly in relation to the Leaving Certificate, be taken within the next three weeks at the latest. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry told the Dail that students, parents and families deserved to know early what will be the…
IT President: Come off WiFi to allow students to study online
The President of IT Sligo has said people need to come off their household WiFi to allow students to continue their studies. This comes after reports of many secondary and third levels students across the North West are struggling to study and access online resources due to poor broadband connectivity.…
Warning about alcohol abuse as exams come to an end
The HSE is calling on the parents and friends of teenagers doing exams to talk to them about alcohol abuse. It comes as the annual celebrations are set to begin by both junior and leaving cert students finishing their exams. The HSE says alcohol should play no part in Junior…
Sligo Grammar School teacher not worried about ‘dumbing down’ of English language
A senior teacher of English at Sligo Grammar School says he’s not worried about the ‘dumbing’ down of the English language today as more texting, emojis and ‘phone’ language become the ‘norm’ for young people. Day two of the State exams is underway and today Leaving Certs are doing English Paper…
Relief as the first of this year’s exams are done
Students at a school in the North West say they are relieved to have the first exam out of the way. More than seven thousand pupils at schools in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have now finished the first English paper this morning. For junior certs it was a new and…
7,000 students across region begin exams this morning
Over seven thousand secondary school students get their state exams underway in schools across the region this morning. In County Sligo, 1,600 students will take their exams while in County Leitrim that figure stands at approximately one thousand. The highest number of candidates sitting exams in the region is in…