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Tue 05 May 2009Passing with flying colours
THE EDUCATION PROFILE: Pádraic McNamara, CEO of the State Examinations Commission:Ensuring that the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams proceed without a hitch is no mean feat. The man in charge of the gargantuan task is Pádraic McNamara, the no-nonsense, hands-on head of the State Examinations Commission
STATE EXAMS are a rite of passage. Each year more than 100,000 teenagers sit a State exam, their hopes riding high and their nerves fraying as they are faced with a process that will determine the path they will take the following year – and maybe for the rest of their lives.
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