Wait nearly over for Leaving Cert students

The first Leaving Certificate results using a new grading system will issue to around 58,500 students tomorrow morning.

The replacement of As, Bs, Cs, and so on with a reduced number of new grades is part of a plan to lessen rote learning and make the race for college entry points less of a focus of Leaving Certificate preparations.

Around 59,400 people were entered to sit Leaving Certificate exams in June, including 2,800 doing the Leaving Certificate Applied, but the final number who go on to sit them each year is usually down around 1,000.