World Cup could have damaged exam success

More than 56,000 students are today receiving the results of their school-leaving examinations - amid suggestions that the World Cup could have damaged success rates.

Wed, 14 Aug, 2002 - 12:08

More than 56,000 students are today receiving the results of their school-leaving examinations - amid suggestions that the World Cup could have damaged success rates.

The number who sat the mid-summer tests was the lowest for more than a decade in the wake of falling birth rates.

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