53% of Leaving Cert Students are likely to choose a mix of receiving Calculated Grades and sitting some Leaving Certificate exams. Only 14% plan to sit exams only.

 

56% of Leaving Cert Students are happy with the decision made by the Department of Education to take a hybrid approach with this year’s Leaving Cert exams.

 

81% of Junior Cert Students are happy with the decision to cancel their exams.

 

 

Following the recent decision made by the Department of Education allowing Leaving Certificate Students to choose whether they would prefer to sit the exams or receive Calculated Grades, iReach has polled Parents of Leaving and Junior Cert Exams and the Students themselves, on their views and opinions of this decision and the student’s feelings on the decision. The nationwide survey ran between 4^th and 11^th of February and received over 1,000 responses from adults on a nationally representative basis by Age, Gender and Region.

 

·       68% of Leaving Cert Parents in Ireland agree that the recent announcement by the Minister of Education of the Hybrid Leaving Cert Plan gives clarity to Leaving Cert Students. This compares to only 39% of all adults in Ireland.

 

·       60% of all Leaving Cert Parents are happy with this Hybrid Approach with a slightly lower number of 56% Leaving Cert Students happy with this approach.

 

·       Over half (53%) of Leaving Cert Students will choose a mix of Calculated Grades and sitting some of their exams. 14% plan to sit all Leaving Cert exams only and 33% will take all calculated grades.

 

·       47% of Junior Cert Parents agree with the Government’s decision to cancel the Junior Certificate exams and this compares to 51% of all adults in Ireland. 38% of Junior Cert Parents disagree with this decision.

 

·       81% of Junior Cert Students are happy with the decision to cancel their exams.

 

 

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About iReach Insights

 

iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 4^th and the 11^th of February 2021 and has a 2.5% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.

 

 

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