Anxious wait for 55,500 Leaving Cert students

MORE than seven weeks of waiting ends for approx-imately 55,500 students when they receive their Leaving Certificate results tomorrow.

Each of those getting their grades will be assessing how it impacts their college or training prospects, including about 3,200 who completed the Leaving Certificate Applied programme.

There is certain to be renewed focus on maths, with figures reported by the Irish Examiner in June showing a likely further decline in the numbers taking the higher-level papers.