This article is from page 3 of the 2012-06-05 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 3 JPG
A TOTAL of 2,863 teenagers from across the county will begin the main part of their state exams tomorrow (Wednesday).
Despite having language orals and some projects already out of the way, the majority of students will sit their first written exam at 9.30am in the morning when they face into English paper one.
As many as 1,278 Clare students are registered to sit the Leaving Certificate this month, with slightly more girls than boys heading to the exam halls.
648 girls will undertake this state exam compared to 630 boys.
The number of students undertaking the Leaving Cert exam in Clare this year is down on last year. In 2011, 1,444 Clare students completed the exam.
As many as 88 Clare students have already completed the majority of the Leaving Cert Applied course, with the gender spilt evenly between 44 girls and 44 boys.
And while these older students will undertake one of the most important exams in their lives, 1,497 students are likely to be just as nervous as they sit their first ever-state exam.
Unlike the Leaving Cert there are more males than females sitting this exam, with 769 boys registered to do the Junior Cert compared to 728 girls.For the 2012 examination, 53,789 candidates are entered for the Leaving Certificate examination nationally, 3,301 candidates for the final year examinations in the Leaving Certificate Applied and 59,684 candidates for the Junior Certificate examination.
While the Leaving and Junior Certificates traditionally brought a spurt of good weather, this week students will be looking out at rain as they sit exams, with the first three days of the exams in particular promised exceptionally wet.