Kildare students begin Leaving and Junior Cert exams

Thousands of Co Kildare students will begin their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams this morning.

Both exam candidates will sit English papers this morning, while Leaving Cert Applied students will start with English and Communications.

This year, almost 900 Leaving Cert students in 41 pilot schools will also sit an exam in a new subject, Politics and Society.

More than 55,000 students begin their Leaving Cert exams today, while 66,000 will start their Junior Cert, and a further 2,700 students will be examined as part of the Leaving Certificate Applied programme.

This year sees some changes and the exam papers are being published online to counteract leaks on social media.

Morning papers will be published on examinations.ie at 11.30am and afternoon papers at 4pm.