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More than 55,000 students have reached a major milestone in their lives this week, having taken delivery of their Leaving Cert results on Wednesday.

More than 55,000 students have reached a major milestone in their lives this week, having taken delivery of their Leaving Cert results on Wednesday. Regardless of how much we say 'it's not the end of the world', deep down they will have pushed themselves to the limit in the quest to clock up as many points as possible. This then is a time for them to celebrate the hard work they have put in over the past 5 or 6 years!

This particular group of students have experienced the impact of education cuts throughout their entire second-level education. As has already been pointed out this week by the ASTI, 'today’s school leavers have experienced larger class sizes, less one-to-one time with their teachers, less subject choice and reduced access to guidance counselling and a range of other in-school resources and services'. However, despite the cuts, they have come through in flying colours.

The advice now is that they give themselves time over the coming days to explore all the options open to them so that they can make a considered choice on their way forward, whether that be to further education in PLC, Third Level, into apprenticeship or other form of employment.

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