MORE than 116,500 students begin the Junior and Leaving Certificate this morning at the country’s 730 second level schools and other exam centres.

EXAMS authorities have assured Junior Certificate students that an error on one of this year’s business papers did not cost them grades.

ALMOST 58,000 students collecting their Leaving Certificate results have been urged to keep things in perspective and stay safe in the pubs and on the roads.

ORGANISERS of the Junior and Leaving certificate exams being taken by more than 116,000 students from this morning are confident there will be no repeat of last year’s controversial rescheduling of a paper handed out by mistake.

MORE than 55,500 students getting their Junior Certificate results today have been urged to stay on at their studies – whether they are teenagers or have just returned to education.

THE blunder in this year’s English Leaving Certificate paper did little to disrupt pupils who sat the rescheduled exam, according to the results awarded to 51,000 students this morning.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE maths and science grades will provide welcome relief for the government and business as more than 56,000 students receive their results this morning.

Grades have continued to slip in higher level Irish and maths subjects, this year’s Leaving Cert results show today.

THE 58,000 students receiving Junior Certificate results today have achieved significantly better grades in maths and science compared to last year.

The Government announced funding of €11m this afternoon to provide education grants to former residents of institutions and their families.