Forecast is good – it must be the start of Leaving Cert

TODAY’S weather forecast might not be for Saharan temperatures but the sun is due back by the weekend and the World Cup starts on Friday – so the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams must be starting today.

For most of the 116,334 students entered for exams, it all begins at 9.30am today with English papers.

The 4,700 superintendents handing out the exams have tighter rules from the State Examinations Commission to help avoid a repeat of last year’s situation that forced the rescheduling of the second Leaving Certificate English paper to a Saturday. The postponement of the second paper was enforced because a retired teacher handed it out in error when students at a Louth school were supposed to be taking English Paper One.