A Clare teachers’ representative claims the changes to Junior Cert announced by Education Minister Helen McEntee make for a fairer and more equitable grading process.
From this June, the top four grading bands will be separated by 15% with the top grade, a distinction, now being awarded at a score of 85% down from the previous 90%.
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This moves the model back in line with the marks required under the previous letter based grading prior to the reforms which began their rollout in 2017.
Clare TUI Rep and teacher at St. Michael’s Kilmihil Kate Hehir, says the previous threshold to achieve a distinction was far too high.
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