A downside of the late Easter is that when the sixth years return to school next week, there really is very little time left ...

It’s just 13 weeks since Helen McEntee was appointed Educa­tion Minister. In that short time, the “S” word has already lodged firmly on her desk, with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland ...

Athenry student Adam Flannelly took home the RTÉ 60 Second Film award at Fresh Film Festival last week for his visually striking and timely short film, LIFE. The Leaving Certificate student focused on ...

Teachers’ unions have been told by the minister for education that changes to the Leaving Cert ... support teachers and students. From September, changes to the Leaving Cert will be introduced ...

Leaving Cert reform plans, which will mean students awarded more marks for project work and less for written exams, will proceed in September, Minister for Education Helen McEntee has told ...

A certificate of good standing is an official document that acts as a full-blown mark of approval in these areas. But what is a certificate of good standing, and how do you get one? In RealBusiness, ...

A judge has directed that a secondary school student who assaulted a man in his 60s at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for asylum seekers bring his forthcoming Leaving Cert ...

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Is your child doing their Leaving Cert in June? Probably a bit stressed working towards the endgame? The whole house on tenterhooks? It’s a very tough exam, lots of us still have dreams about it.

More info A judge has directed that a secondary school student who assaulted a man in ... for asylum seekers bring his forthcoming Leaving Cert results to court. At Ennis District Court, Judge ...

Adding an oral exam to Leaving Cert English is a good idea if it is done properly ... speak and listen is vital in our fractured and emotive age. Students developing their ideas through enjoyable ...

A former student of Coláiste Bride Enniscorthy has recently received an Entrance Scholarship from Maynooth University as a result of her high Leaving Cert grades. The scholarship, worth €1,000 ...