Exam authority urged to improve quality of papers [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 13 July 2011
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has been urged to improve the quality control checks for its papers after a number of errors over the past few years.
More than 70 mistakes have been identified in Leaving Certificate papers in the last three years, the body acknowledged, with accountancy exams the most likely to be wrong, with ten faults spotted.
Labour TD Michael McCarthy said the situation must be improved and called for better controls to be put in place to ensure such mistakes are reduced.
"If we are serious about educating the younger generation to a high standard, we must enforce a tighter quality control assurance process in terms of how we prepare and plan state-run exams," he said.
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