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State Examinations Commission
Department overview
Formed1997
JurisdictionIreland
HeadquartersAthlone County Westmeath
Websitewww.examinations.ie

The State Examinations Commission (Template:Lang-ga) is the organisation that replaced the Department of Education and Skills, Examinations Branch by order of the Minister for Education and Skills in the Republic of Ireland. The Department of Education and Skills 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

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