Mr Fallon explained ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “But we knew the protest was the only thing we had and it required a bit of mettle to keep going. At the meeting on Friday we restated our argument and said we weren’t going to accept anything less than the Leaving Cert Applied,”

independent-ie Wednesday, April 21, 2021 1:27:00 PM EAT

Suresh Kumar stated ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam will take place from June 21”

expressindia Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:30:00 AM EAT

Mr Fallon said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “Orla will never be able to sit a Leaving Cert. We feel it is her right to sit the LCA. It is what she needs but she is being abandoned”

irishtimes Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:14:00 AM EAT

James Nolan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We don’t know. They said they would help them do the Leaving Cert but we know this is setting him up to fail”

irishtimes Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:14:00 AM EAT

Suresh Kumar stated ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam will take place from June 21”

expressindia Thursday, April 15, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Rachel O Connor said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “an over-dependence on league tables and the ‘points race’ had left Leaving Cert students overly reliant on rote learning, resulting in grading and assessments based on memory, not competency” “For all school communities, particularly DEIS schools, this memory-based examination does not reflect the full academic and personal development of our students,”

independent-ie Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:17:00 PM EAT

Alan Jagoe said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “Current Leaving Cert students and teachers have missed out on important class and lab time, so we hope that these videos will help bring the lab experience alive for students and act as an invaluable resource for them in the run up to their Leaving Cert exam,”

kilkennypeople Wednesday, March 24, 2021 6:30:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie explains ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The pandemic has made the work of the schools and teachers and the experience for parents and students enormously difficult and we have been at the sharp end of dealing with all the issues it has thrown up," "Whether it be the Leaving Certificate last year and again this year, or the reopenings or the lockdowns and the closings and so on, and managing arrangement within schools to try and keep entire school communities as safe as possible"

independent-ie-regional Saturday, March 6, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

eecho Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:41:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

irishmirror Saturday, February 20, 2021 2:10:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

waterford-news Friday, February 19, 2021 10:10:00 PM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

independent-ie Friday, February 19, 2021 9:21:00 PM EAT

Alan Dillon said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “I wish to thank the students, parents and teachers who contributed to the survey. "This allows me to provide very clear information to the Department of Education on the ranked preferences of Leaving Certificate students. "The strongest preference amongst Leaving Certificate students was for an approach using calculated grades with an option to sit scaled-down end of year exams or by using standardised continuous assessment. "The oral and practical element of exams also was a source of concern with the ranked preferences of students being firstly to cancel them, secondly, partake in a scaled down version with ongoing assessment; and, thirdly, move these online”

con-telegraph Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students. "

irishmirror Friday, February 12, 2021 12:31:00 PM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students”

beat102103 Friday, February 12, 2021 11:42:00 AM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students”

westernpeople Friday, February 12, 2021 10:18:00 AM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students"

irishexaminer Friday, February 12, 2021 1:50:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "so that a meaningful Leaving Certificate experience is provided to this cohort of students, which they rightly deserve,"

RTERadio Friday, February 12, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "given the widely accepted additional stress that students are currently experiencing, it is extraordinary that the only option being explored is that they would effectively prepare for two versions of a Leaving Certificate rather than one"

RTERadio Friday, February 12, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

longfordleader Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

leitrimobserver Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:12:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "so that a meaningful Leaving Certificate experience is provided to this cohort of students, which they rightly deserve,"

RTERadio Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "given the widely accepted additional stress that students are currently experiencing, it is extraordinary that the only option being explored is that they would effectively prepare for two versions of a Leaving Certificate rather than one"

RTERadio Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

leinsterexpress Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:56:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students. "

irishmirror Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:55:00 PM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students"

irishexaminer Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

independent-ie Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:29:00 PM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "It is very, very anxious times for Leaving Certificate students; they've lost considerable months last year, I think it's important that they will have class time to facilitate options in terms of the traditional Leaving Cert and alternatives," "Next week they'll have clarity on it"

irishmirror Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:45:00 PM EAT

Mr Higgins said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We want to know what the contingency plan is. The plan is to hold the Leaving Cert but there’s no contingency plan,”

longfordleader Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:19:00 AM EAT

Micheal Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "Obviously the Leaving Cert cohort will be provided for,"

irishexaminer Tuesday, January 26, 2021 10:42:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert”

carlow-nationalist Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:43:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert”

westernpeople Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:07:00 PM EAT

Michael Gillespie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “At the moment, there is a good possibility that the Leaving Cert can run,”

eecho Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:58:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert"

irishexaminer Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:11:00 PM EAT

Simon Harris added ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “I think the biggest point we need to address is how quickly the Leaving Cert students can get back into the classroom because if there are to be state exams, written exams, that will be absolutely vital. "So, there’s obviously a lot of work going on and Minister Foley is leading on that and I don't want to cut across that in terms of engaging with stakeholders and there’s an advisory group on the Leaving Cert that she convened with last year”

independent-ie Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:57:00 PM EAT

Frank Feighan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The intention is to allow at least two weeks of class time, in school, before the Leaving Certificate examinations begin,"

independent-ie-regional Saturday, May 2, 2020 2:29:00 AM EAT

Mr Fallon explained ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “But we knew the protest was the only thing we had and it required a bit of mettle to keep going. At the meeting on Friday we restated our argument and said we weren’t going to accept anything less than the Leaving Cert Applied,”

independent-ie Wednesday, April 21, 2021 1:27:00 PM EAT

Suresh Kumar stated ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam will take place from June 21”

expressindia Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:30:00 AM EAT

Mr Fallon said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “Orla will never be able to sit a Leaving Cert. We feel it is her right to sit the LCA. It is what she needs but she is being abandoned”

irishtimes Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:14:00 AM EAT

James Nolan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We don’t know. They said they would help them do the Leaving Cert but we know this is setting him up to fail”

irishtimes Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:14:00 AM EAT

Suresh Kumar stated ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam will take place from June 21”

expressindia Thursday, April 15, 2021 2:05:00 AM EAT

Rachel O Connor said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “an over-dependence on league tables and the ‘points race’ had left Leaving Cert students overly reliant on rote learning, resulting in grading and assessments based on memory, not competency” “For all school communities, particularly DEIS schools, this memory-based examination does not reflect the full academic and personal development of our students,”

independent-ie Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:17:00 PM EAT

Alan Jagoe said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “Current Leaving Cert students and teachers have missed out on important class and lab time, so we hope that these videos will help bring the lab experience alive for students and act as an invaluable resource for them in the run up to their Leaving Cert exam,”

kilkennypeople Wednesday, March 24, 2021 6:30:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie explains ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The pandemic has made the work of the schools and teachers and the experience for parents and students enormously difficult and we have been at the sharp end of dealing with all the issues it has thrown up," "Whether it be the Leaving Certificate last year and again this year, or the reopenings or the lockdowns and the closings and so on, and managing arrangement within schools to try and keep entire school communities as safe as possible"

independent-ie-regional Saturday, March 6, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

eecho Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:41:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

irishmirror Saturday, February 20, 2021 2:10:00 AM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

waterford-news Friday, February 19, 2021 10:10:00 PM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The emphasis on the prioritisation right now is on schools, particularly the early years and then the Leaving Certificate cohort and childcare,”

independent-ie Friday, February 19, 2021 9:21:00 PM EAT

Alan Dillon said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “I wish to thank the students, parents and teachers who contributed to the survey. "This allows me to provide very clear information to the Department of Education on the ranked preferences of Leaving Certificate students. "The strongest preference amongst Leaving Certificate students was for an approach using calculated grades with an option to sit scaled-down end of year exams or by using standardised continuous assessment. "The oral and practical element of exams also was a source of concern with the ranked preferences of students being firstly to cancel them, secondly, partake in a scaled down version with ongoing assessment; and, thirdly, move these online”

con-telegraph Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students. "

irishmirror Friday, February 12, 2021 12:31:00 PM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students”

beat102103 Friday, February 12, 2021 11:42:00 AM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students”

westernpeople Friday, February 12, 2021 10:18:00 AM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students"

irishexaminer Friday, February 12, 2021 1:50:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "so that a meaningful Leaving Certificate experience is provided to this cohort of students, which they rightly deserve,"

RTERadio Friday, February 12, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "given the widely accepted additional stress that students are currently experiencing, it is extraordinary that the only option being explored is that they would effectively prepare for two versions of a Leaving Certificate rather than one"

RTERadio Friday, February 12, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

longfordleader Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

leitrimobserver Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:12:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "so that a meaningful Leaving Certificate experience is provided to this cohort of students, which they rightly deserve,"

RTERadio Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "given the widely accepted additional stress that students are currently experiencing, it is extraordinary that the only option being explored is that they would effectively prepare for two versions of a Leaving Certificate rather than one"

RTERadio Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:59:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

leinsterexpress Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:56:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students. "

irishmirror Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:55:00 PM EAT

Kieran Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students"

irishexaminer Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Mr Christie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We entered a process in good faith to explore the position whereby if the Leaving Certificate or elements of it do not go ahead, a fair and credible choice or option would be available to students,”

independent-ie Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:29:00 PM EAT

Mr Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "It is very, very anxious times for Leaving Certificate students; they've lost considerable months last year, I think it's important that they will have class time to facilitate options in terms of the traditional Leaving Cert and alternatives," "Next week they'll have clarity on it"

irishmirror Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:45:00 PM EAT

Mr Higgins said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “We want to know what the contingency plan is. The plan is to hold the Leaving Cert but there’s no contingency plan,”

longfordleader Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:19:00 AM EAT

Micheal Martin said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "Obviously the Leaving Cert cohort will be provided for,"

irishexaminer Tuesday, January 26, 2021 10:42:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert”

carlow-nationalist Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:43:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert”

westernpeople Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:07:00 PM EAT

Michael Gillespie said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “At the moment, there is a good possibility that the Leaving Cert can run,”

eecho Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:58:00 PM EAT

Mr Ryan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The first priority is getting special needs students back but the second priority is getting Leaving Cert students back in school, and we will be able, in my mind, to do a written Leaving Cert"

irishexaminer Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:11:00 PM EAT

Simon Harris added ( about Leaving Certificate ) : “I think the biggest point we need to address is how quickly the Leaving Cert students can get back into the classroom because if there are to be state exams, written exams, that will be absolutely vital. "So, there’s obviously a lot of work going on and Minister Foley is leading on that and I don't want to cut across that in terms of engaging with stakeholders and there’s an advisory group on the Leaving Cert that she convened with last year”

independent-ie Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:57:00 PM EAT

Frank Feighan said ( about Leaving Certificate ) : "The intention is to allow at least two weeks of class time, in school, before the Leaving Certificate examinations begin,"

independent-ie-regional Saturday, May 2, 2020 2:29:00 AM EAT