Since its rollout in 2017, the Junior Cycle replaced traditional As, Bs and Cs with grade descriptors such as merit (55-74 per cent), higher merit (75-89 per cent) and distinctions (90 per cent ...

The top four grade bands will now be evenly distributed in bands of fifteen percentage points, resulting in a change to grades.

Minister for Education, Helen McEntee has announced major changes to the Junior Cycle ... be the same number of grade bands as prior years, with the top four grade descriptors, Distinction ...

It will be easier for Junior Cycle students to achieve the two top grades in their exams under changes to Junior Cycle grade bands announced by Minister for Education Helen McEntee. Marks for the ...

It will be in place for this year’s exams Students will have a better chance of achieving higher grades under the new system. Photo: Stock image Children sitting the Junior Cycle exams this year ...

MAJOR changes are hitting the Junior Cycle, with thousands of students sitting exams in just a few weeks set to be affected by new grade bands. Minister for Education Helen McEntee said that the ...

More students are expected to get higher grades as a result of Junior Cert ... will apply to the 73,000 students due to sit their junior cycle State exams in the coming weeks.

The new Junior Cycle grading system is to be updated in time for the exams this summer, with more students expected to receive higher grades as a result. The minister for education Helen McEntee ...