OVER half of A-level entries in the North of Ireland have been awarded top A* and A grades. About 25,000…
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Covid-19: GCSE and A-level grades appeal guidance issued
PUPILS in the North of Ireland will be able to appeal their GCSE, AS and A-level results in 2021 if…
EDUCATION Minister Peter Weir has announced a return to public examinations in 2022. But students will have significantly fewer exams…
Coronavirus: Teaching unions ‘significant concerns’ over results process
THE body for five teaching unions in the North of Ireland has “significant concerns” about the process for awarding GCSE,…
Cancel next summer’s school exams, urges children’s commissioner
NEXT summer’s school exams should be cancelled, the North of Ireland’s children’s commissioner has said. Koulla Yiasouma said that the…
New exams proposals don’t go far enough – Mullan
SINN Féin Foyle MLA Karen Mullan has said new proposals from CCEA and Minister Peter Weir on the delivery of…
Coronavirus: GCSEs and A-level exams in North to start later next summer
A-level, AS and GCSE exams in the North of Ireland will start one week later in 2021 but will still…
Irish language teachers say planned exam changes are ‘unfair’
AN umbrella body for Irish language teachers has criticised proposed changes to GCSE and A-level courses as “unfair.” An Gréasán…
Coronavirus: CCEA to close the book on English literature novel study
PUPILS in the North of Ireland entering Year 12 who are taking a GCSE in English literature will not have…
Coronavirus: Fewer GCSE exams for students in 2021
PUPILS taking GCSEs in the North of Ireland are set to sit fewer exams in 2021. That is according to…