Testing time for 118,673 as exam season begins

The State Examinations Commission has received 118,673 entries for this year’s exams, including just under 55,000 students who are set to begin the Leaving Certificate this morning.

That is up by just over 1,000 on the numbers entered last year, although still lower than the 55,550 entered for the exam in 2011.

There has been an increase of almost 200 to 3,042 in the number of students sitting the Leaving Certificate Applied, while Junior Certificate entries are up 450 from last year to 60,698.