Over 1,692 Mayo students receive their Leaving Cert results today
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) congratulates and wishes well for the future the candidates who sat the Leaving Certificate examination in 2019 and whose results are issued today.
The statements of provisional results of this year’s examinations are available in schools today.
From the earlier time of 10 a.m., students who are not in a position to collect their results in person from their school today can access them through the SEC’s new online Candidate Self-Service Portal on www.examinations.ie.
General Overview of Leaving Certificate 2019
The overall number sitting the examinations is 58,787 in 2019, 1,632 were from Mayo.
Of the candidates who sat Leaving Certificate examinations this year, 56,071 candidates followed the Leaving Certificate (Established) programme, of which 13,124 (22.3%) followed the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme.
Certificate Applied Programme
The results obtained this year are broadly in line with those obtained in 2018 and previous years.
Candidates receiving results today in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Link Modules and Politics and Society had their examinations marked using an online marking system.
Their scripts were scanned and marked by examiners using specially designed software.
Candidates’ scripts were marked on a computer, not by a computer. When it comes to the viewing of scripts candidates will view these scripts online.
What Candidates Should Do Next
The most important piece of advice that SEC can give to candidates is to register on the Candidate Self Service Portal on www.examinations.ie if they have not already done so.
The SEC has developed the Portal (an expansion of the SEC’s Online Results Service) to support faster and more efficient services to candidates and faster communication between candidates, the SEC and schools in relation to the viewing of scripts and the appeals so that we can deliver the appeal results, three weeks earlier than last year, in the week ending September 20.
The online services available on the Candidate Self Service Portal are:
* Access to examination results;
*Access to component marks in subjects (e.g. oral marks; practical marks, etc.);
* Application to view scripts;
* View scripts online in subjects which were marked online i.e. Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, LCVP (Written component) and Politics & Society;
* Application to appeal;
*Access to the appeal results.
The application to view scripts, the viewing of scripts marked online, the appeal application and access to results services are being provided exclusively online this year.
All of the detailed information that candidates need about the Portal registration process as well as information about accessing results online, accessing component marks, viewing scripts, and appealing results can be found in the 2019 Candidate Information Booklet which was issued before the commencement of the examinations.
This booklet is also available from https://www.examinations.ie/misc-doc/BI-SE-75824897.pdf
As this issue date for the appeals is so much earlier than before, the deadlines for applying to view scripts and to appeal results are all much earlier as a consequence.
Candidates should familiarise themselves with the key dates and deadlines this year to ensure that they do not miss out on being able to access the post-results services as the deadlines must be strictly applied.
Candidates should adhere to the instructions provided in order to ensure that they lodge valid requests for viewing marked scripts and appealing results.