Is this an easy way out?
Starting next year, students who achieve only 20% on their final written exam will be deemed to have passed the exam with a ‘partially achieved’ score.
According to The Irish Times, there will be further changes to the old ‘honours’, ‘pass’ and ‘fail’ trichotomy. Students who earn between 90% and 100% will be awarded a ‘distinction’, with 75% to 89% being worth of a ‘higher merit’ score.
Anything below 20% will receive the dreaded NG – not graded.
This reform will be piloted in the final written exam for Junior Cert English in the academic year 2016-2017 before being expanded to all subjects.
You know what this means! Less time spent studying, more time for activities.
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