Student leave exam halls happy in contrast to last year when a highly challenging paper upset many candidates
Leaving Certificate students Sophie Keegan, Cian Tuohy, Robert Keher and Christian Jennings discuss the Leaving Certificate exams at Lucan Community College. Photograph: Alan Betson
“The lines between paper one and two have blurred somewhat in recent years and, in keeping with that, area and volume featured on the first of the two papers,” he said. “An interconnected approach to the curriculum rewarded students who were broad in their study, while still allowing students of all abilities to find opportunities for marks,” he said.
“Having to complete only three of the four long questions was an immediate advantage to students, a premise that remains from the accommodations made since the pandemic,” he said.
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