Decline in number of exam results withheld over suspicion of cheating or breach of rules

FEWER Leaving Certificate students than last year have had grades withheld for cheating or are being investigated in relation to suspected breaches of exam rules.

The State Examinations Commission revealed last night that the grades for 44 individual exam subjects were not given with the overall results yesterday. These included grades in 12 subjects — English, maths, Irish, French, biology, geography, business, home economics, chemistry, physics, engineering and agricultural science.

The results withheld also include those of some students in Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) link modules and the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA), both of which feature course work submitted or carried out before the June written exams.