Letters to the Editor: Students being left behind over delay in Leaving Cert results

Third-level place abroad will have to be deferred

I am a sixth year student. At the moment I should be studying for the exams I will be taking next week; instead, I am writing this letter to you. I am stressed, confused and upset because of the decision by Education Minister Norma Foley to delay the issuing of he Leaving Certificate results to September 3.

Next year, I am hoping to study civil engineering at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. I have already been conditionally accepted, but just have to hand in my Leaving Cert grades — before August 31, as the course starts on September 1.