Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last year saw a great deal of pressure on getting people to correct exams, which contributed to the delays in issuing results as well as other issues. I understand that the SEC has undertaken a promotional campaign and that there are additional payments and so on to attract people to take on correcting work this year. Have more correctors been recruited this year than last year and how many correctors are there now? Last year saw 131,000 leaving and junior certificate students sit exams. This year, that number will increase to 135,000. Are there enough correctors to handle the additional students' scripts? How many people will sit each exam?

It is important that results get out to students in a timely manner, reducing the already stressful experience of waiting for results. Having people available to correct the work is important.

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