Leaving Cert to run for an extra two days to eliminate three exams in one day

The Leaving Certificate will run into a fourth week for up to 4,000 students from next year under plans to avoid dozens of teenagers having to sit three exams in a single day.

Leaving Cert to run for an extra two days to eliminate three exams in one day

The Leaving Certificate will run into a fourth week for up to 4,000 students from next year under plans to avoid dozens of teenagers having to sit three exams in a single day.

In a new longer timetable published by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) yesterday, students of eight subjects will have to return to schools in the final week of June for their last exams.

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