53,000 students to sit redesigned Leaving Cert

MORE than 53,000 Leaving Certificate candidates will be the first to sit the exams in a timetable designed to be more student-friendly when papers are handed out tomorrow morning.

The change in order of subjects taken over the first week of exams was introduced by former Education Minister Mary Hanafin to ease the pressure during the early days of the Leaving Cert.

The State Examinations Commission has received entries from 53,345 students, up from just more than 52,000 this time last year.