Record 140,457 sit Leaving, Junior and other state exams starting today

Record number of students start their exams today. Photo: PA

Laura Lynott

A record 140,457 students are due to sit the Leaving Cert, Junior Cert and other state exams from today.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said the record number of candidates was “linked to demographic increases, with the numbers entered passing 140,000 for the first time”.