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The Leaving Certificate Examination (Irish: Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert or (informally) the Leaving (Irish: Ardteist), is the final exam of the Irish secondary school system and the university matriculation examination in Ireland.
The new leaving certificate grading system involves grades such as H1, H2, O1, O2, etc. Leaving Certificate results are measured by the number of 'points' awarded to the student. It is usually the number of points awarded to the student that forms the basis for the student's acceptance or otherwise into a course of higher education (e.g. a ...
For each leaving certificate student, they obtain a certain number of points coinciding with the results they received in their examinations. These results will then determine the qualifications of the student; Whether they get into university or whether they have to have an alternative method into what they wish to study.
A close friend of his subsequently plots to cheat in his own Leaving Certificate in order to get revenge against the system. With the help of a rag-tag group of friends this young man organizes a complex scheme to steal copies of the test papers from the Department of Education and, upon winning, show the world he has beaten the system.
The Leaving Certificate Applied (Irish: Ardteistiméireacht Fheidhmeach) [1] is a self-contained two-year programme of the Irish Department of Education. It was first introduced in 1995 as an alternative or variant of the established Leaving Certificate programme.
In 2019, much controversy was caused by the delaying of the results from the usual 12–15 September dates until 4 October. The 2022 exam was the first to be held in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic with results being issued on 23 November due to a shortage of examiners and the prioritisation given to marking the Leaving Certificate. [21]
In the United Kingdom, graded music exams are offered at grades 1 to 8, [3] with Grade 1 being the entry level, and Grade 8 being the standard required for entry to higher study in a music college. Some exam boards offer additional levels, before Grade 1 and/or after Grade 8.
Slow clap as a (sarcastic) sign of disapproval - for example, Tony Blair giving a speech to the Women's Institute during the UK debate preceding the current War on Iraq resulted in a "Slow Clap" I believe the correct term is "unison clapping". -- 69.161.146.61 03:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]