The State Examinations Commission (SEC) will issue the Junior Cert examination results to students on November 23.
Five months will have passed since students in third year across the island sat their Junior Cycle exams - with the SEC noting that "very significant examiner shortages" affected marking for both sets of state exams.
This has led to the delay, with the group making "every effort" to complete the marking.
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A statement on Tuesday morning from the SEC said: "This year’s Junior Cycle results will be available in schools on Wednesday 23 November 2022. Candidates can also access their results online from 4pm on that date, noting that the online service is not intended to replace the valuable results service and advice provided by schools at results issue time.
"The SEC appreciates that candidates and their parents/guardians may be disappointed that these results are issuing later than normal. This has arisen due to a combination of factors which include a later issue date for the Leaving Certificate results and, most especially, the impact of a shortage of teachers to mark the examinations over the summer marking period.
"In most subjects, the number of teachers available to undertake roles as examiners was less than the number required to mark that subject within the normal summer marking window. In all subjects, marking continued for an extended period of time in the summer and with many examiners agreeing to take on additional scripts to mark."
However, some exams are yet to be marked.
The SEC explained: "In a small number of subjects, in which the examiner supply challenges were most acute, it was not possible to complete the marking and the marking process is ongoing.
"Marking in these subjects is being undertaken at this time by examiners who had been marking during the summer with these teams supplemented by other teachers qualified to mark in the relevant subjects including teachers who had marked at Leaving Certificate this year.
"Unlike in the summer marking period, teachers are in schools during the day and only available to mark at evenings and weekends. "
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