Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Andrea Feeney:
Typically, it is the middle of August when the results issue. However, again, things are different this year. We have had later results over the past two years because things were different, and things are different again this year. Therefore, we have not given a date for results at this stage.
It will be challenging because one of the things we need to ensure is that the results of the main set of examinations in June and the deferred sitting of the examination that will happen after that will be available at the same time. We do not know at this point the number of students who will sit that second set of examinations - the deferred series. There is an uncertainty as a result of that and also arising from the work that we need to do to ensure that the results this year are on aggregate and no lower than the outcomes in 2021.