No exam results for 43 students found cheating

MORE than 40 students did not receive any result in at least one Leaving Certificate subject last week because they cheated or broke exam rules, according to official figures.

A further 39 grades are being withheld by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) until it completes investigations into suspected rule breaches.

The 43 results withheld when more than 55,589 students received their grades last Wednesday were in Irish, English, maths, history, French, chemistry, biology, accounting, economics, home economics, religious education, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme — Links Module and Leaving Certificate Applied.