Students anxiously await Leaving Cert results
Over 3000 Leaving Cert students in the North West will get their results this morning. The results will be available online from 12 noon and at school from first thing this morning. Marie Casserly is a career guidance counsellor in Sligo. She says that while the Leaving Cert has been…
Leaving Cert: New grading system sees more students try honours
Leaving Cert students in the region have been anxiously opening their brown envelopes at schools around the region today. In the North West almost 3400 pupils sat the exams and got their results today. The Principal of St. Mary’s in Ballisodare, Suzanne Thorne says she has definitely seen more students…
Almost 3,400 students in NW to get Leaving Cert results this morning
Almost 3400 Leaving Cert students in the North West will find out their Leaving Cert results this morning. It’s the first year of a new grading system which aims to move away from the old system of rote learning and include more continuous assessment. This year in the North West,…
Exam delayed due to traffic congestion near Ursuline in Sligo
No filming will be taking place in the Ballast Quay Finisklin road today at exam times. It follows some congestion and subsequent stress caused to exams students trying to access the Ursuline College for their two o’clock paper yesterday afternoon. Parents told Ocean FM that they had problems accessing the…
Students ‘relieved’ first exam over
Students are relieved the first of the Leaving and Junior Cert exams has come to an end. Just under 3,500 pupils in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are sitting the Leaving Certificate over the next two weeks and just over 3,500 are doing the Junior Certificate. This morning they sat English…
7,000 students throughout Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal sit down to exams this morning
Almost 7,000 students throughout Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are sitting down to State exams this morning. That’s made up of just under 3,500 sitting the Leaving Certificate and just over 3,500 doing the Junior Certificate. The largest number of students in the region starting their exams this morning is in…
Students urged to read Leaving Cert papers carefully
Students are being urged to read their papers carefully as the start time for tomorrow’s exams draws closer. The Junior and Leaving Cert exams start at half past nine tomorrow morning with English paper one. 120 thousand teenagers across the country will sit the exams. Principal of Summerhill College in…