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  INCA - International Review of Curriculum and Assessment frameworks
Certification: The assessment at the end of junior cycle in the Junior Certificate examination is assessment for certification purposes.
The results of the Junior Certificate examination may be used by some students and schools as a guide to the selection of options for senior cycle education (age 15+).
As a result, the terminal written examination paper remains the main means (and in many cases, the sole means) of assessing the subjects taken by the majority of students.
www.inca.org.uk /1853.html   (3027 words)

  
 Certificate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A certificate, in addition to certifying that someone has passed a test or reached a specific standard of knowledge may also be the name of an actual award.
Similarly other countries have awards, for instance, in Australia the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in New South Wales, the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in Victoria, etc., is the examination taken on completion of secondary education.
Certificate is below the standard of the associate degree and higher diploma, which are below the bachelor degree.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Certificate   (367 words)

  
 Junior Certificate - TheBestLinks.com - JCE, Art, Accounting, College, ...
The Junior Certificate Examination (commonly reffered to simply as the Junior Cert) replaced the Intermediate Certificate Examination (Intercert) in Ireland in 1992 and is accredited by the State Examinations Commission.
The Junior Certificate is taken is a secondary school student's third year and not before age 14.
The examination does not reach the standards for college or university entrance, instead a school leaver in Ireland will typically take the Leaving Certificate Examination after completion of the Junior Certificate.
www.thebestlinks.com /JCE.html   (569 words)

  
 Junior Certificate Programme
The Junior Certificate examination is held at the end of the Junior Cycle in post-primary schools.
All students participating in the Junior Certificate School Examination must be entered for the Junior Certificate examination and all students who have been profiled are entitled to a profile, which is an individualised record of their achievement.
The Junior Certificate is assessed by means of a written examination at the end of the three-year programme, along with practical examinations and project work in some subjects and oral and aural examinations in Irish and continental languages.
oasis.gov.ie /education/post_primary_education/junior_certificate_programme.html   (703 words)

  
 Junior Certificate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Junior Certificate Examination (commonly known as the Junior Cert) is a mandatory Irish second level test accredited by the State Examinations Commission.
As of the 2006 (June) examination, Science (with Local Studies) is no longer an exam.
However compared to the international experience students have a relatively late start in formal examinations, thus the system is not unnecessarily examination or performance oriented, or at least until the mid-teens, often a source of criticism in other countries where systems are more tuned for the benefit of the school's standing rather than the student.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/JCE   (1689 words)

  
 Junior Certificate-Information from CitizensInformation.ie
The Junior Certificate examination is held at the end of the Junior Cycle in post-primary schools.
Examinations in a number of other EU languages are offered to students who meet certain criteria.
The Junior Certificate is assessed by means of a written examination at the end of the three-year programme, along with practical examinations and project work in some subjects and oral and aural examinations in Irish and continental languages.
www.citizensinformation.ie /categories/education/state-examinations/junior_certificate_programme   (491 words)

  
 Dáil Debates Official Report - 14-10-99
Martin): The dates on which the results of the certificate examinations are issued are a function of the timing of the actual examinations and the time required for the marking of scripts and processing of the results.
This is possible because the later issue of junior certificate results provides some latitude in relation to providing additional time where necessary to the pool of examiners available for junior certificate marking.
As matters stand the junior certificate examination is very much a mirror image of the leaving certificate despite the fact that both examinations serve very different purposes.
www.irlgov.ie /debates-99/14oct99/sect6.htm   (2126 words)

  
 Fiji Junior Certificate examination results - Fiji Government Online
The results of the 2007 Fiji Junior Certificate Examination are now being released to District Education Officers from where school Principals may collect the results for their schools.
The examination was taken at 162 centers by 15,555 candidates an increase of 593 from the number that sat in 2006.
Students who wish to collect their marks from the Examinations Office in Suva may do so from 12 noon today.Proper identification is necessary before results can be released.
www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/page_10927.shtml   (211 words)

  
 Dail Debates Official Report - 17-05-00
Creed: The leaving certificate examination is the defining moment in any young person's life and how he or she performs impacts significantly on his or her life thereafter.
Second, the student's performance in the junior certificate is at variance with somebody identified as within the superior range of intelligence.
Specifically, they proposed that, on a pilot basis, in the leaving certificate examination in 2000, all candidates be offered the option of availing of an additional 15 to 20 minutes in a small number of subjects.
www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/17may/sect9.htm   (5202 words)

  
 Asti - Press Releases/Publications: Circular 68/99
As schools are aware, pupils entering senior cycle may, where schools so wish take the Junior Certificate syllabus in French, German, Spanish, or Italian as prt of their approved senior cycle course.
Candidates who are liable for examination fees are required to complete section C and pay the appropriate fee in the their local Bank.
The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to the Certificate examinations in the case of any candidate in respect of whom the appropriate fee has not been received or to withhold examination result.
www.asti.ie /circ99/circ68_99.htm   (613 words)

  
 Examinations   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The examinations were successfully completed during the month of May. During the oral examinations, teachers individually tutored students before each student entered the examination centre.
The Junior Certificate results were distributed to students on Wednesday, 15th September.
At present, examinations for 1st, 2nd and 5th year students are being held in the school and will be completed by Friday 2nd June.
kildare.ie /confeycollege/exam.html   (631 words)

  
 Junior Cert.
However, candidature for the examination is not limited to post-primary school students.
Examinations in a number of other EU language subjects are also offered on a non-curricular basis and subject to candidates meeting certain criteria.
Results of the Junior Certificate examination subjects are given in the form of grades.
www.killinaschool.ie /junior_cert.html   (234 words)

  
 Dáil Éireann - Volume 433 - 08 July, 1993 - Adjournment Debate. - Junior Certificate Examination.
However, it is regrettable that errors occurred in the Irish version of the junior certificate woodwork question paper in 1992.
I understand there was great pressure on the officers of the Department involved in the examinations that year as it was the introductory year for the junior certificate.
An essential feature of any examination is that it allows candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of the subject being examined.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0433/D.0433.199307080139.html   (660 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Education in the Republic of Ireland Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Junior Cycle builds on the primary education culminating with the Junior Certificate Examination.
The Junior Certificate Examination is taken after three years of study and not before fourteen years of age.
The Certificate (HETAC) is a one year course an is generally an introductory, foundation or skills-based qualification.
www.ipedia.com /education_in_the_republic_of_ireland.html   (1512 words)

  
 OFFICERS - Online Information article about OFFICERS
He is frequently examined in the subjects in which he has already been instructed, and is practically taught the more advanced stages of topography, engineering, tactics, law and organization.
This examination is a test of ability in commanding the " three arms " in the field ; a course of attachment to the two arms to which the officer does not belong being a necessary preliminary.
A satisfactory examination having been passed, the officer is permanently taken into the corps.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NUM_ORC/OFFICERS.html   (6374 words)

  
 NYS DMV - NYS DMV - Driver License, Learner Permit and Non-Driver Photo ID Card
Junior drivers are drivers who have a driver license or a learner permit of Class DJ or Class MJ.
A junior driver cannot operate a vehicle that has more than two passengers who are under the age of 21 unless a parent, a guardian, or a driving instructor also rides in the vehicle.
If you have a Class DJ junior license, and you complete a high school or college driver education course, you can change your Class DJ junior license to a Class D senior license when you are 17 years old.
www.nydmv.state.ny.us /license.htm   (9146 words)

  
 Language Learning International : High School Programme
The Junior Certificate examination is taken on completion of a Junior Certificate course of three years duration.
The principal objective of the Junior Cycle is for students to complete broad, balanced and coherent courses of study in a variety of curricular areas relevant to their own personal development and to allow them to achieve a level of competence in these courses which will enable them to proceed to senior cycle education.
The Leaving Certificate examination is held at the end of the Senior Cycle in post-primary schools.
www.lli.ie /schoolsystem.htm   (339 words)

  
 Junior Cycle-Information from CitizensInformation.ie
The Junior Certificate examination is held at the end of the Junior Cycle in post-primary schools and students normally sit the exam at the age of 14 or 15.
The Junior Certificate School Programme has been designed to help young people who are at risk of leaving school early and who would benefit from special support when they are working towards the Junior Certificate.
All students participating in the Junior Certificate School Programme must be entered for the Junior Certificate examination and all students who have been profiled are entitled to a profile, which is an individualised record of their achievement.
www.citizensinformation.ie /categories/education/primary-and-post-primary-education/going-to-post-primary-school/junior-cycle   (374 words)

  
 Malawi National Examination Board - MANEB
The Malawi National Examinations Board was founded in April 1987 as a result of a merger between the Malawi Certificate Examinations and Testing Board and the Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education.
The Malawi Certificate Examinations and Testing Board was created in 1969 by Act of Parliament to take charge of the process of localizing the developing and administering of the School Leaving Certificate Examinations at ordinary level.
During the transition the Malawi Certificate Examinations and Testing Board and the Associated Examining Board of the United Kingdom were responsible for developing and administering the Malawi School Certificate Examination.
www.sdnp.org.mw /edu/new/maneb   (220 words)

  
 INCA - International Review of Curriculum and Assessment frameworks
Under present regulations governing the administration of state examinations, special arrangements may be made for a candidate with special educational needs, when it is indicated in advance of the examination that the candidate has difficulties which may preclude him or her from displaying the achievements which are assessed in the examination.
A candidate's disability may be such that it is not possible for him or her to participate in a particular mode of assessment (an aural examination for a candidate with severe hearing impairment, for example).
When an element or elements of an examination have been waived, so that the purpose of the examination regarding that element or elements has not been met, or the method of examining has been significantly altered, this should be indicated by the presence of an explanatory note in the candidate's certificate of results.
www.inca.org.uk /ireland-assessment-special.html   (2100 words)

  
 CatholicIreland.net
In addition, about 7,000 young people do so badly in the Leaving Certificate examination that the certificate which they receive is of little value to them when it comes to looking for a job.
In addition, the Leaving Certificate examination (the main purpose of which is supposed to be the certification of completion of post primary schooling) has been hijacked by the needs of third level institutions.
Overall, we seem to have arrived at a point where the Leaving Certificate is almost totally irrelevant for a significant minority of students and is relevant to only parts of the lives of all students.
www.catholicireland.net /pages/index.php?nd=56&art=610   (1574 words)

  
 Education Ireland - Second Level Education in Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
All of these schools provide the Certificate courses prescribed by the Department of Education and Science, enter their students for the same national examinations and are subject to inspection by the Department.
The Junior Certificate Examination is taken at the end of junior cycle.
At the end of the senior cycle the Leaving Certificate Examination is taken.
www.educationireland.ie /htm/education/secondary_education/intro.html   (866 words)

  
 Junior Certificate School Programme
The Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP), introduced in 1996, is particularly targeted at junior cycle (lower secondary) students who are at risk of early school leaving.
It is not an alternative to the Junior Certificate programme but a curriculum framework that assists schools and teachers in making the Junior Certificate more accessible to learners who may otherwise leave school without formal qualifications.
In addition to their Junior Certificate students receive an additional award based on the student profile that is validated by the Department of Education and Science.
www.ncca.ie /index.asp?locID=269&docID=-1   (313 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Nigeria: The Monster Called Examination Malpractice (Page 1 of 1)
Government functionaries, school authorities, invigilators, examiners, parents and students are all guilty of the iniquitous trend of examination malpractice.
Examination malpractice in Nigeria has not only attained a frightening proportion but appears to have become increasingly more sophisticated where parents buy question papers from examination bodies or bank officials entrusted with the safe-keeping of the question papers.
Examination malpractice is a threat to the quality of education in our country.
allafrica.com /stories/200802070350.html   (909 words)

  
 jcsp
The Junior Certificate Schools Programme is a national programme sponsored by the Department of Education and Science and the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment.
The Junior Certificate School Programme is a national programme sponsored by the Department of Education and Science and the NCCA.
The Junior certificate School Programme Support Service is funded by the In-Career Development Unit, department of Education and Science and the European Social fund.
homepage.eircom.net /~abbeycc/jcsp.htm   (289 words)

  
 24/7/07 - Government to improve Quality Education in Secondary Schools - Fiji Government Online
The Fiji Junior Certificate Examination is compulsory at the Form 4 level and is used to select students into Form 5.
Mr Sukanaivalu said that the examination was trialled in 47 secondary schools in 2004 with a total enrolment of 4,568 candidates.
He further said that the fact that a significant component of assessment for the award of the certificate is due to internal assessment, greater and more focused attention is needed on ensuring the validity and reliability of such an assessment.
www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/page_9512.shtml   (802 words)

  
 Seamus Heaney Project
Although there is no set course for the Junior Certificate examination, his poetry features regularly in all the anthologies and work books prepared for those examinations.
These responses were corrected in the tradional manner and a selection of the best of these responses were printed and uploaded on the site on the examination pages for the higher and ordinary level examinations.
This project was undertaken with a 2nd Year Higher Level English class preparing for their Junior Certificate examination in a boy's secondary school, Moyle Park College, in Clondalkin, County Dublin.
www.teachnet.ie /ckelly/heaney/heaney.htm   (934 words)

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