Students have been warned not to stress too much over the State exams that start today.

Nervous teenagers who are anxiously awaiting their Leaving Certificate results were warned today not to stress over their grades on their own.

More than 115,000 teenagers today begin their Leaving or Junior Certificate exams in centres across the country.

More than one tenth of all Leaving Certificate pupils have failed a maths paper, raising concerns over the future of the country’s economy.