Leaving Cert students urged to minimise socialising to avoid missing exams

Liz Canavan Assistant Secretary to the Department of An Taoiseach said that students who wish to sit the exams will not be able to avail of alternative dates and will receive a calculated grade if they miss their exams due to illness. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Leaving Cert students have been urged to keep their contacts low in the run-up to the exams.

Assistant Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach, Liz Canavan, said in her weekly address on Covid-19 that students who wish to sit the exams will not be able to avail of alternative dates and will receive a calculated grade if they miss their exams due to illness.