Students left in a fluster as half of paper missing

THE absence of almost half the questions from Leaving Certificate accounting exams left more than 200 students from 16 schools in a serious fluster yesterday.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has apologised for the error which meant some of the higher level candidates affected were given extra time to finish the exam.

When the commission was made aware that the centre section of the papers was missing at 16 south Dublin schools, it faxed and emailed the missing four pages with four of the nine questions within about half an hour of the 2pm start.