STUDENTS should not be fearful of a significant rise in points for most college courses when offers are made by the Central Applications Office (CAO) on Monday, according to the head of the country’s guidance counsellors.

STUDENTS may find their opportunities to choose the most suitable college courses are limited because of staffing restrictions in schools, a guidance counsellors’ leader has claimed.

ABOUT 1,000 college places a year are to be reserved for less well-off students who will have points added to their Leaving Certificate results when competing with other applicants.

THE number of people applying for cadet posts in the defence forces has jumped by 100% in the past year, with one-quarter of applications coming from college graduates.

THE legal rights of teen-agers to appropriate career and education guidance are being restricted by government cutbacks, the head of the country’s guidance counsellors has said.

MORE than two-thirds of applicants for college places will have good news this morning as they have been offered entry to one of their preferred courses.

Sexual predators were today warned they could be accused of rape if they target drunk Leaving Cert students.

TOMORROW marks the end of a nervous two-month wait for more than 55,500 Leaving Certificate students.