ANALYSIS:Proposals will aim to tackle the problem of male students disengaging from school during the Junior Cert cycle and lift standards in literacy TRENCHANT CRITICISM of the Junior Cert exam has ...

Any move to abolish the Junior Certificate is dangerous and daft. Students and parents need an exam which will concentrate the mind, argues ' The Irish Times' guidance expert Minister for Education ...

Numbers taking higher level maths has risen to over 55% since 2010 Emily Jane Good-Plunkett collected her Junior Certificate results at the Grammar School, Sligo Those taking higher level mathematics ...

Yesterday, almost 60,000 students who sat the Junior Certificate examination this summer received their results. While the failure rate for maths, at both higher and ordinary level, was down slightly, ...

THE Department of Education has received a review confirming that history should remain optional Junior Certificate cycle. The subject was struck off as one of the core subjects in the Junior Cert ...