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Wed 08 Aug 2001North students receive apology for grades errorNearly 1,000 pupils in Northern Ireland have been sent a written apology from the examination board for a GCSE grading mistake.The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessments sent letters to the pupils who were given the wrong results for their home economics paper.