Long wait for Leaving Cert results ends
The wait is over for the 1,305 students across County Westmeath who will receive their Leaving Cert results this morning
A further 36 candidates in Westmeath also sat the Leaving Cert Applied.
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has congratulated and wished well for the future the Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied candidates whose results are being issued today.
From 10 am today, Leaving Certificate candidates may access their provisional results through the SEC’s Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) accessible here.
Candidates can view their provisional results and will also be able to print a statement of their results.
Schools have been asked to make arrangement to support candidates receiving results today.
Advice for Candidates
A helpline facility will be operating from early today, September 2, to provide information and advice to students and parents at results time. The helpline number operated by the National Parents’ Council (Post-Primary) is: 1800-265-165.
The chairperson of the State Examinations Commission, Pat Burke, sent his congratulations to all candidates receiving results today.
He stated: "The Commissioners and I welcome the issue of Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied examination results, based on full in-person examinations, for the first time since 2019.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have endeavoured to ensure that candidates taking the Leaving Certificate are treated as fairly and equitably as possible having regard to the adverse impact of Covid-19 and the disruption to their learning which Covid has created.
"Following the minister’s announcement last February, of a return to examinations for this year’s entire Leaving Certificate class, the Commission has put in place measures to ensure that the overall set of results in the aggregate for this year is no lower than last year.
"Following the marking of the examinations, a post-marking adjustment was applied to all of the marks in a manner that is fair and equitable for candidates.
"The Leaving Certificate results this year meet the commitment to candidates that they would not be disadvantaged when competing with the class of 2021 or previous years for opportunities in further or higher education or employment.”
Of the 61,107 candidates receiving results this year, 58,056 candidates followed the Leaving Certificate (Established) programme in 410,162 individual subjects, of which 12,452 (21.4%) candidates followed the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme.
A further 3,051 (5%) candidates followed the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme.