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Tags : points
Half of public says Leaving Cert grade inflation should stop ‘immediately’ after another year of bumper results
02 Sep, 2024
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CAO 2024: University chiefs criticise ‘cruel’ grade inflation as some top students lose out on chosen courses
29 Aug, 2024
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Trinity makes record number of CAO offers as vice-provost denounces post-pandemic grade inflation
28 Aug, 2024
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CAO 2024: Universities set to use random selection for some high points courses
28 Aug, 2024
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Leaving Certificate Results
23 Aug, 2024
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Reversing grade inflation remains an ongoing challenge
23 Aug, 2024
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Leaving Cert results 2024: Bumper grades for students set to keep CAO points at high levels
23 Aug, 2024
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More than 60,000 students to receive Leaving Certificate results – and it’s been another bumper year
23 Aug, 2024
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Leaving Cert class divide of 138 points linked with students’ family backgrounds
29 Jun, 2024
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Times of Offers
01 Sep, 2023
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CAO 2023: Points for nursing, medicine and health courses may drop
30 Aug, 2023
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Leaving Cert results 2023: Minister steps in to ensure another year of bumper results will keep CAO points sky-high
25 Aug, 2023
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Simon Harris says Leaving Cert isn’t ‘cruel’ but there is ‘an obsession with the points race’
23 Aug, 2023
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CAO points: Fee-charging schools don’t make that much difference to pupils’ grades
15 Feb, 2023
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Simon Harris: ‘Our country is obsessed with CAO points’
06 Dec, 2022
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Leaving Cert grades to match last year’s record high results
01 Sep, 2022
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CAO points likely to reach last year’s record high
12 May, 2022
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Students could earn CAO points for wider skills under new reforms
29 Apr, 2022
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How will grade inflation affect the class of 2022?
04 Feb, 2022
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The Leaving Certificate – a question of fairness
04 Feb, 2022
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