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Beyoncé in concert in London earlier this month. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Exam Watch: Beyoncé’s diamonds and gender pay gaps among Leaving Cert challenges
  • Education
  • Peter McGuire
  • June 19, 2013, 00:00

Economics; Design and Communication Graphics; and Non-curricular Languages were examined today

Students were given two samples within temperature ranges and asked to determine which was purer. There were also some topical questions such as an exercise exploring the release of the element caesium into the atmosphere after the tsunami in Japan. Students in their element for a ’lovely paper’

Chemical reactions and topical issues covered

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Owen Power: very happy that a question on soil and vegetation came up” in the biome section Soil, volcanoes and India: Students give their verdict on the Leaving Cert Geography paper

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Pupils of Marian College Sandymount commence their english exam in the school’s sports hall last week. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times Two errors discovered in Leaving and Junior Cert papers

State Examinations Commission says mistakes will be taken into account in marking

Students described the music paper as fair. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Students upbeat about music
  • Education
  • Peter McGuire
  • June 20, 2013, 01:00

Junior Cert music, Junior Cert Technology

Prof Richard Arum was speaking ahead of a keynote address he will give at the NUI Maynooth education forum today. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times Drive to attract students undermines academic education, says professor

Broad skills better for graduate employment, Maynooth forum will hear

Beyoncé in concert in London earlier this month. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Exam Watch: Beyoncé’s diamonds and gender pay gaps among Leaving Cert challenges
  • Education
  • Peter McGuire
  • June 19, 2013, 00:00

Economics; Design and Communication Graphics; and Non-curricular Languages were examined today

Despite langauge spoken in the home being the biggest single factor assocaitied with poor school attendance among nine- year-olds, having an immigrant mother had a positive impact on attendance. Mother’s language is biggest single factor in primary absenteeism

Child without native English in home nine times more likely to have poor attendance

The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has strongly condemned the cuts , describing them as ’savage’. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Hours for special needs pupils cut by 10%

Level of resource teachers and special needs assistants the same but demand up

A reading comprehension on the subject of the zoo in Madrid contained some quite difficult vocabulary and featured unusual animals, but the questions were straightforward, teachers said. Junior certs show their metal in modern paper

Plenty to read for students of Spanish

Students were given two samples within temperature ranges and asked to determine which was purer. There were also some topical questions such as an exercise exploring the release of the element caesium into the atmosphere after the tsunami in Japan. Students in their element for a ’lovely paper’

Chemical reactions and topical issues covered

Students reported difficulties with a listening comprehension section on the subject of Spain as a tourist destination. Yesterday’s comprehension accounted for 80 marks out of a total 400 for the subject. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Confusion reigns as Spanish weather vocabulary leaves Leaving Cert listeners mystified

‘Difficult’ and ‘confusing’ aural in an otherwise fair exam

Now is the time to review your CAO choices. The price of failure to do this now before the CAO change of mind closes at 5.15pm on July 1st can be a very big one. Photograph: Reuters Review your choices before time is up

Look over your CAO choices while you still have time to change your mind

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones - but it could have been Tom Selleck The choices you make can change your history
  • Education
  • Eoin Cunningham
  • June 18, 2013, 00:00

Are you really certain of your choices? Some decisions can have a major impact

The Exam Squad: Leaving Certificate students at Dunshaughlin Community College, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath. From left; Linda McCormack, Stuart Bridgett, Catherine Vance, Sarah Keane, Aaron Gilmartin and Albert Wilkinson.Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

The Exam Squad: Meath students to share exam highs and lows

(Video) The Irish Times has selected its Leaving Cert squad: the class of 2013 at Dunshaughlin Community College.

 

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