Junior Cert

Nando’s offering Junior and Leaving Cert students free meals on results day

Nando’s offering Junior and Leaving Cert students free meals on results day

How very sound of them. Nando’s are offering Junior and Leaving Cert students free meals on results day as part of their yearly tradition. No matter how results went for students, as long as they received their grades, they can at least pick up a free starter or ¼ chicken. All that’s needed of students is […]

3 years ago

Record numbers set to sit the Junior and Leaving Cert today

Record numbers set to sit the Junior and Leaving Cert today

Record numbers are set to sit this year’s Junior and Leaving Cert exams as they begin this morning. There are more than 63,000 candidates set to undertake the Leaving Cert and more than 71,000 set to sit Junior Cycle exams. This indicates a rise of 3% from last year as the exams head underway in […]

3 years ago

Experts share advice for parents ahead of state exams

Experts share advice for parents ahead of state exams

As students approach the Junior and Leaving Cert exams on Wednesday, one expert has shared some advice to parents on how best to support your child through this stressful time. We all know how demanding this time in our child’s life is and ahead of the state exams beginning on June 7th, the former Guidance […]

3 years ago

New sex education programme covers consent and gender identity

New sex education programme covers consent and gender identity

A review of Ireland’s sex education programme found that it did not reflect the lives of today’s pupils. The Junior Cert SPHE curriculum has been updated after over 25 years. Junior Cert students will learn about consent, gender identity, and emotional well-being in an updated sex education curriculum. The new syllabus will be introduced in […]

3 years ago

Norma Foley admits there is no set day for the Junior Cert results

Norma Foley admits there is no set day for the Junior Cert results

Minister for Education Norma Foley said they can’t confirm a date just yet. Minister for Education Norma Foley has admitted there is still no set date for the Junior Cert results. She said they cannot confirm a date mainly because of the Leaving Cert appeals process. The Leaving Cert appeals will be issued on Friday, […]

4 years ago

No, pornography is not about to become a Junior Cert subject

No, pornography is not about to become a Junior Cert subject

The classroom isn’t about to become x-rated but important changes could be on the way. Calm down. Pornography isn’t about to suddenly become a subject at Junior Certificate level, nor is it set to be forensically examined by teenagers in some kind of wildly inappropriate school-based context. Following reports on Monday morning that pornography will […]

4 years ago