The number of students caught cheating in their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams has more than doubled in the space of a year. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said 86 results had been ...

A record number of students – 136,000 – are set to begin the Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert exams on Wednesday thanks to a combination of demographic factors and low rates of early school leaving. It ...

The Government’s decision over recent years not to charge students for sitting the Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations has contributed to a €2 million deficit on the books of the organisation ...

The number of students caught cheating in their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams has more than doubled in the space of a year. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said 86 results had been ...

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has extended to Junior Cycle students a measure which makes it easier for some visually impaired candidates to sit State exams. The body has told schools that ...

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) is reviewing the circumstances that led to a delay in issuing Leaving Cert exam papers that students sat this morning and has apologised to schools and ...

External examinations staff, mainly comprised of school teachers, last year shared a pay-pot of €67.1 million for correcting and supervising state exams. According to the 2024 annual accounts for the ...

The State Examinations Commission have said that the state examination entry fees will be reinstated in 2026, for the first time since being waived by the Government in 2020. The fees are expected to ...

St Brendan's College, Killarney students from l-r: Evan Kenneally and Darragh O'Connell after completing English paper one of the Leaving Cert on Wednesday. Photo by Tatyana McGough St Brigids ...

Some 790 students across County Sligo began their Leaving Certificate examinations this morning (Wednesday). A further 66 students sat the Applied Leaving Certificate while there are 996 sitting the ...