Over 3,700 local students set to sit State exams

Over 3,700 secondary school students in Cavan and Monaghan begin their State Exams this morning with English Paper 1first up.

A total of 900 students are sitting the Leaving Cert in Cavan, while 794 are due to sit the exams in neighbouring County Monaghan.

An additional 95 pupils in Cavan are registered for the Leaving Cert Applied and 57 in Monaghan.

The Junior Cert also gets underway with 1,119 pupils in Cavan due to sit the exams and 894 in Monaghan.

Nationally, some 131,431 students are scheduled to sit state examinations this year, a record number and over 7,000 (6%) more than in 2019, the last time that the full set of state exams were held.

Pat Burke, chairperson of the State Examinations Commission welcomed the return of in-person examinations.

“The state examinations are a significant step in their educational journey for candidates, their families and schools. The adjustments made to the examinations this year have been designed to support students in their preparations. However, the support of families and the wider community for candidates sitting examinations is so important especially in light of the disruption to learning created by the pandemic.”