Exam students advised good eating and sleeping routines best options

Good sleeping and eating routines are among the key last-minute tips from experts to thousands of students counting down to Wednesday’s start of this year’s exams.

With about 52,500 Leaving Certificate candidates and 60,000 due to sit the Junior Certificate, second-level principals say late-night study should be avoided and eating well is hugely important before and during the exams.

English is first on the timetable for Junior and Leaving Certificate students and some of the 2,853 completing the Leaving Certificate Applied programme.