Big day arrives for 116,500 students
The total of 55,550 school leavers entered to do the Leaving Certificate over the next 13 days is just over 300 fewer than the total last year. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has been notified of 57,732 Junior Certificate candidates, the biggest number since 2007, and 3,245 students are entered for Leaving Certificate Applied.
Junior Certificate students at 24 schools where the new Project Maths syllabus has been piloted will sit a different second paper to those in the other 700-plus second level schools on Monday morning. For those doing the subject at foundation level, the single paper will also be different at these schools.
