Leaving Cert students study 4 hours a night

MORE than one in three Leaving Certificate students study for more than four hours a day during exam year because of increased pressure to get enough points for college courses.

A study of school-leavers found that almost half take grinds in their final year to prepare for the exams.

It also emerged that the ability to get high grades and points for college is a bigger influence on subject choice at the start of the Leaving Certificate cycle than an interest in studying the subject.