Shortage of examiners to mark nine state exam subjects

An urgent appeal is being made for teachers to correct Junior and Leaving Certificate papers due to a shortage of examiners in nine subjects.

Though there is no indication that results will not issue on time because of the recruiting problems, the level of shortages is much higher than in recent years.

Most of around 118,000 students doing state exams are already finished, just over a fortnight after they began on June 8, and final exams take place today and tomorrow.