Image: Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie Image: Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie ALMOST 3,000 LEAVING Certificate exam results have been upgraded after students successfully had their papers rechecked.During the appeals process, the marking of each individual candidate’s work is fully reviewed question by question using the original marking scheme.In total, this year’s appeals process has led to the award of 2,916 upgrades in respect of the 16,965 appeals received, marking a total of 17.
As a result of the revision, the SEC has reexamined all High Level Mathematics Paper 1 scripts were the marks awarded could have made a difference to the grade achieved in their examination. The SEC has also reviewed an additional 30 Higher Level Mathematics scripts where candidates were within one mark of the next grade. This has led to 26 candidates who had not appealed their results now receiving an upgrade.
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