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Minister for Education Norma Foley requests report on challenges technology poses to 'fair' assessments of students in the Junior and Leaving Cert exams

Make no mistake, this decision to back away from teacher assessment is all about the souring relationship between teacher unions and the Department of Education, writes Jennifer Horgan

Privately-funded and outside the Department of Education’s remit, independent schools do not follow the State curriculum

In Northern Ireland, most students never study the Troubles while the education offered in the South is patchy

Concerted attempts are under way to characterise portions of the updated relationship and sexuality education curriculum as evidence of some malign agenda to corrupt or endanger our young people.

There was a 33% increase in the number of examiners marking the exams this year.

Minister for Education Norma Foley says awareness raising in schools could curb ‘worrying trend’ in deaths

The 2023 date is earlier than last year, when students received their results in late November

Jen Hogan: Schools have returned to pre-Covid days by putting children in itchy, scratchy uniforms while the rest of the world continues in more comfortable ways

There was a 33% increase in the number of examiners marking the exams this year.