Richard Hogan: Leaving Cert can be stressful for parents, too

"...if there is to be a silver lining from all of this disruption and chaos perhaps it is this - we are more resilient than we give ourselves credit for"

It's important to help your teen manage exam stress

Yesterday, almost 87% of 60,000 students sat their first Leaving Certificate exam. This cohort of students experienced an incredible amount of disruption over the last two academic years. Quite simply, there hasn’t been a group of students who have had to endure so much in recent times. 

Thankfully the Government didn’t bury its head in the sand over this issue and was proactive and the changes they made to each exam acknowledged just how severely impacted their education was by the Coronavirus pandemic. So, the fact that 87% of students sat the exam yesterday is a huge success and speaks to the effort made by so many involved in education in this country.