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| More students get top GCSE marks | More students get top GCSE marks |
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| Northern Ireland's GCSE results show a 1.5% increase in the amount of students getting A or A* grades. | Northern Ireland's GCSE results show a 1.5% increase in the amount of students getting A or A* grades. |
| The number attaining A to C grades is up by just over 2%. More than a quarter achieved A or A* and almost all who entered passed their exams. | The number attaining A to C grades is up by just over 2%. More than a quarter achieved A or A* and almost all who entered passed their exams. |
| In a break with tradition, students received their results from all examination boards on Thursday. | |
| In the past, the local board, the CCEA, had its results ready by Tuesday of this week. | In the past, the local board, the CCEA, had its results ready by Tuesday of this week. |
| Students then had to wait another two days for results from the English and Welsh boards. | Students then had to wait another two days for results from the English and Welsh boards. |
| The results show students in Northern Ireland are again doing better that those in England and Wales in the higher grades - they are 2% ahead in A* and 5% ahead in A-star to C. | The results show students in Northern Ireland are again doing better that those in England and Wales in the higher grades - they are 2% ahead in A* and 5% ahead in A-star to C. |
| There has been a big rise in those doing single single sciences with biology entries up by 73% and chemistry by 40%. | There has been a big rise in those doing single single sciences with biology entries up by 73% and chemistry by 40%. |
| In languages the numbers doing Irish and French have both fallen. | In languages the numbers doing Irish and French have both fallen. |
| The overall number doing both A-level and GCSEs has dropped, probably due to a fall in population numbers in that age group. | The overall number doing both A-level and GCSEs has dropped, probably due to a fall in population numbers in that age group. |