Irish pupils receive Leaving Certificate results
At a glance
Students in the Republic of Ireland got their results at 10:00.
The grades this year have been adjusted to bring them in line with last year's higher grades.
The uplift was put in place to comply with a commitment made by Ireland's education minister.
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Thousands of pupils in the Republic of Ireland have got Leaving Certificate results, which have been boosted.
The Leaving Certificate is similar to the A-level qualifications in the UK.
The uplift was put in place to comply with a commitment made by Education Minister Norma Foley that 2022 grades would be no lower than those in 2021.
In 2021, grades were up by 2.4% compared with 2020
Students were able to access their results online from 10:00 local time.
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) added marks to the exam scores achieved by students on a sliding scale, external
In a statement, the commission said that before changes were made there was an "across the board" gap between 2022's results and those from 2021.
Results in 2022 would have been lower had there not been an adjustment.
The gap to be bridged was widest at the bottom end of achievement and narrower towards the top, the commission said.
More marks were added towards the lower end of the results scale compared with the top.
2021's marks were the result of a method that combined predicted grades with exams and students were awarded the highest outcome.
The minister made the commitment that the 2022 grades would be no lower after pressure from students and politicians in January.
There had been worries that pupils would be at a disadvantage if they had to compete for college places against last year's students.
On Friday Mrs Foley confirmed that there would also be concessions made for next year's Leaving Cert, adding there "will be no cliff edge in that regard".
She told RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne programme. the process, which had been introduced to allow fairness to students and had led to "inflation".
This in turn which would require concessions for the class of 2023.
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More than 61,000 students sat the exams in 2022.
Some examples of grade differences post-Covid include higher level maths, in which 18% of those who sat the subject will receive an H1, the highest grade awarded, compared with 6.4% in 2019.
Some 7% of higher level English students got the top grade, compared with 3% three years ago.
Almost 13% of higher level Irish students got an H1 compared with 6% in 2019.
Ms Foley congratulated students who were receiving their results.
“You have reached this significant milestone in your education journey and that alone is an enormous achievement," she said.
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