Record numbers to sit higher-level Leaving Certificate maths

A record number of students are in line to take higher- level Leaving Certificate maths on Friday.

The 20,040 students entered with the State Examinations Commission (SEC) for the honours papers are among nearly 121,000 preparing to begin the Junior and Leaving Certificate this morning.

The papers have been distributed to schools and other centres for 55,255 students sitting the traditional Leaving Certificate and 2,744 doing Leaving Certificate Applied, both around 2% lower than last year’s entry levels. The numbers doing the Junior Certificate are up by nearly 900, or 1.4%, to 62,968.