Leaving Cert Computer Science students Chelsie Flood and Heather Murphy (right) after their exam at Colaiste Bride Presentation Secondary School in Clondalkin. Leaving Cert 2021 got off to an early and positive start for students sitting the new subject of computer science, with general agreement from teachers that the papers were fair. Like all Leaving Cert exams this year, students were offered a lot more choice in and between questions to take account of months of Covid-related school closures. In Section C, the computer-based paper, he said higher level students would have “needed a good understanding to get through the question”. A number of teachers commented that the final part of the computer-based paper was “challenging”.

Source: Irish Independent May 22, 2021 18:11 UTC