State examinations – Students need to keep calm

KEEP calm. Simply put, that is the best advice parents can give to 118,000 Leaving and Junior Cert students who face the daunting challenge of examinations from today.

By the same token, parents should take the same advice on board themselves because stress and hassle at this stage will help nobody.

Besides creating an atmosphere of calm in the anxious days ahead, parents should be supporting pupils emotionally, and positively encouraging them to do their best.