THE LEAVING Certificate has effectively been axed for the first time in the state's history amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Students will now have the option between receiving a calculated grade based on ...

Detailed guidance is being developed on how to calculate grades for Leaving Cert students taking extra subjects outside school, the Department of Education has said. A department spokesman said in the ...

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The arrival of Leaving Certificate results has always been an anxious time for students and this year is no exception – the new system of calculated grades has added to the uncertainty and confusion.

Knowing how to calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA) accurately is important when you are aiming to apply for colleges and universities in the United States. Whether you have completed your ...

CONTROVERSIAL algorithms that saw thousands of pupils receive lower exam grades last summer have been scrapped. Announcing how young people will receive grades without sitting exams, Education ...

Sir, – As someone who was sceptical about the decision of the Minister for Education last May to abandon the Leaving Certificate examination and to introduce a system of calculated grades, I am ...

This post explains how to calculate Weighted Average in Excel with percentages. In a standard arithmetic average where the sum of values is divided by the number of values, each data value is treated ...

The High Court has heard the director of the calculated grades office has made a sworn statement rejecting claims that a document circulated by her contained "scathing criticisms" of the exclusion of ...