More than 79,000 applications have been submitted to the CAO for courses this coming year. It s up 6,200 on the previous year, or 8.5 percent.
There was also a 20 per cent rise in applications among those 23 and older, to 8,700.
Roisin O Donohoe from the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, says there s likely a number of reasons for the increase this year: It may indicate an extra amount of applications from the Leaving Cert 2020 class who may be reapplying for the CAO course again for a second time. It may also reflect a number of students in college who have been remote learning for the last year re-evaluating their choices.
Over 2,000 Leaving Cert students who sat written exams to receive results today
Of the 4,925 grades being sent to students today, 40% were higher than their Calculated Grade results. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Tuesday 2 Feb 2021, 7:28 AM Feb 2nd 2021, 7:28 AM 19,935 Views 11 Comments
Leaving Cert students celebrate their results in 2018.
Image: Sam Boal
Image: Sam Boal
STUDENTS WHO SAT written Leaving Cert exams last year are due to get their results today – over 40% of grades are expected to be higher than the Calculated Grades students had received.
The State Examinations Commission said that provisional exam results indicate that 1,705 (39%) grades are higher, 1,220 (28%) are the same and 1,413 (34%) are lower than the Calculated Grades the students received.