Colleges may have to create 1,000 extra places after Leaving Cert errors
“Up to 1,000 extra college places may be needed for students due to errors in calculated grades issued to thousands of Leaving Cert candidates. Minister for Education Norma Foley apologised on Wednesday for coding errors which resulted in at least 6,500 students receiving a lower grade than they ought to have received …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy, Irish Times, 1 October]
Tags: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, CAO, leaving cert, Norma Foley, Simon Harris, undergraduate admissions