Misplaced Pages

State Examinations Commission: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 20:57, 27 August 2008 edit83.70.232.195 (talk)No edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 11:17, 8 October 2008 edit undo143.239.70.13 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''State Examinations Commission''' (]: ''Coimisiúin na Scrúduithe Stáit'') is the organisation that replaced the ''Department of Education and Science, Examinations Branch'' of the ] in the ]. The Department of Education and Science was formerly called the ''Department of Education'' until 1997. The '''State Examinations Commission''' (]: ''Coimisiúin na Scrúduithe Stáit'') is the organisation that replaced the ''Department of Education and Science, Examinations Branch''











of the ] in the ]. The Department of Education and Science was formerly called the ''Department of Education'' until 1997.


The commission oversees the state examinations at ] level in the ], its offices are located in ], ] in central Ireland. The two examinations the commission oversees, accrediting and certifying them, are the: The commission oversees the state examinations at ] level in the ], its offices are located in ], ] in central Ireland. The two examinations the commission oversees, accrediting and certifying them, are the:

Revision as of 11:17, 8 October 2008

The State Examinations Commission (Irish: Coimisiúin na Scrúduithe Stáit) is the organisation that replaced the Department of Education and Science, Examinations Branch






by order of the Minister for Education and Science in the Republic of Ireland. The Department of Education and Science was formerly called the Department of Education until 1997.

The commission oversees the state examinations at secondary education level in the Republic of Ireland, its offices are located in Athlone, County Westmeath in central Ireland. The two examinations the commission oversees, accrediting and certifying them, are the:

Typically about 60,000 students present for each of these examinations each year, generally commencing on the first Wednesday of June. The commission holds the results of public examinations carried out by the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland (1879 - 1924), these include the Junior Grade, Middle Grade and Senior Grade. A list of the Departments former examinations include:

Years Examination
1924-1991 Intermediate Certificate
1929-1967 Primary Certificate
1947-1991 Day Vocational (Group) Certificate

See also

External links

Category: