Leaving Certificate

Leaving Cert 2022: PE higher level ‘delved a little more into artistic and aesthetic of performance’

The Leaving Certificate Physical Education higher level paper was a very fair paper with lots of choice, said Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) subject representative Aoife Nash.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Politics and Society paper ‘firmly based on real life’

A paper that was “generally on the ball and firmly based on real political life” was how teacher Brendan Greene described the Leaving Cert Politics and Society higher level paper.

---

Amelhyne O’Regan-Farineau Opinion What lessons do I take from the Leaving? Work hard, stay caring, and don’t give up

I woke up on Sunday morning thinking about what I had to study for, then realised I didn’t need to any more. After two years of work, it was all over.

---

Cabinet to approve 1,056 extra college places to ease pressure on CAO

The Cabinet will approve an extra 1,056 college places today to ease the pressure for entry to a number of CAO courses brought on by the third year of Covid-related Leaving Cert grade inflation.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: 38-page Economics paper ‘overwhelming’ for some students

IT WAS never going to be a walk in the park, but at 38 pages, the economics higher Leaving Cert paper may have just been too “long” and possibly even too “overwhelming” for some students.

---

Leaving Cert students won’t get results until September raising fears of last-minute scramble for accommodation

The Leaving Cert results will be issued on Friday, September 2.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Accounting question that ‘students had been waiting for, for years’

A question that “students have been waiting for, for years” appeared on the Leaving Cert Accounting higher level paper, according to teacher Patricia Hall.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Physics higher level ‘designed to separate out the H1 and H2 students’

A challenging and clever paper that was designed to separate out the H1 and H2 students, was how teacher Pat Doyle described the Leaving Cert physics higher level paper.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: ‘Higher order thinking required’ for Chemistry higher level

Leaving Cert Chemistry higher level students needed to show “plenty of higher order thinking skills” to get through questions, according to teacher Mary Mullaghy.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Spanish students tested on tenses

Students were “very pleased” with a “very accessible” Leaving Cert Spanish higher level paper, according to teacher David McArdle.

---

Leaving Cert: It’s ‘jia you’, as 300 students make history by sitting first exam in Mandarin

Up to 300 Leaving Cert students made history yesterday as they sat the first ever State exam in Mandarin Chinese.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Simon Harris says wait for results date is ‘disappointing’

Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said “frustration levels will be growing among students” at the lack of a date for Leaving Cert results.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: German paper delivers no ‘schlechte surprises’ as students emerge smiling from exam halls

Students who sat their German Leaving Cert Higher Level exam may have been reminded of study time in lockdown - yet many were “smiling” leaving the examination.

---

Premium

Amelhyne O’Regan Farineau Opinion The sheer panic that hits when two pens run out in the exam

I woke up yesterday feeling like I only just closed my eyes to open them again. My wrist was aching and I wanted nothing more than to crawl back into bed.

---

Junior Cert wood technology: ‘Students had a lot to get through in 90 minutes’

For a paper that is worth only 30pc of the marks for the subject, Junior Cycle wood technology students had a lot to do in in 90 minutes, said teacher Peter Masterson.

---

Andrew Brownlee Opinion Leaving Cert students need to remember university is not the only path to success

As the Leaving Certificate begins to wind down, many exhausted school-leavers (and their exhausted parents) are no doubt looking forward to a well-earned break from the studies and stress.

---

Covid-related concessions mean history paper was not the usual ‘speed writing test’

Covid-related concessions on the Leaving Cert History higher-level paper have turned it from being a “speed-writing test to one where students can think a lot more and get their knowledge on to paper”, a te achers’ representative has said.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Opportunity for French higher level students to vent about exam reform

Replacing terminal exams like the Leaving Cert with a system of continuous assessment was among the topical issues on a “friendly paper” for Leaving Cert French higher level students,

---

Premium

Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau Opinion French today, and je ne regrette rien about not studying biology

I’m over halfway through my exams, and I feel great. With the “big three” – English, maths and Irish – officially completed, I have fallen into a new routine.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Higher level Irish Paper 2 ‘received with open arms’

Students could show off their prowess on a paper with extra choice, fewer questions to answer and no twist to throw them, teacher Anne Loughnane said of the Leaving Cert higher Level Paper 2

---

Leaving Cert 2022 diary: ‘I didn’t realise I was holding my breath until my shoulders relaxed’

After what felt like a seemingly endless weekend, Monday – my most dreaded day – finally rolled around.

---

Maths and Irish Leaving Cert papers divide opinion among teachers

Teacher opinion was divided about the degree of challenge in the Leaving Cert Maths Paper 2, at both higher and ordinary level.

---

Leaving Cert 2022 : Irish Paper 1 higher level students have their say on education system

The Leaving Cert higher level Irish Paper 1 gave plenty of scope to students to write about topics that matter to them, according to teacher Dr Michael Casey.

---

Choice and time defining elements of the maths and Irish papers for students of Mitchelstown CBS in Cork

Choice and time were the defining elements of the maths and Irish papers on Day Four of the 2022 Leaving Cert.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Ordinary level Maths Paper 2 divides opinion

There was some difference of opinion about the degree of challenge in the Leaving Cert ordinary Maths Paper 2.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Higher level Maths Paper 2 had “plenty of stings in the tail’ of questions

Leaving Cert higher level Maths students had at trickier time of it today with Paper 2, with plenty of stings in the tail of questions, according to teachers.

---

Premium

Conor Skehan Opinion Most people over 40 should be cautious about giving advice to the young

This week, in more than 63,000 Irish households, someone is sitting the Leaving Certificate.

---

Gallery

Leaving Cert 2022: ‘I definitely felt better after a lot of curse words and much-needed rant’

I had my first Leaving Cert nightmare two nights ago.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: A comfortable maths paper and plans for the summer on the minds of St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar school students

Eighteen-year-old Siofra Pitts admits to not being the “biggest mathematics fan” - but the St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar student, like her peers, felt comfortable with Maths Paper 1.

---

Leaving Cert 2022: Extra choice on Maths papers adds up for students

There was a general air of approval from teachers and students for Leaving Cert higher level Maths Paper 1, which focuses on number algebra, functions and calculus. It was heavy on the calculus.