Cork pupils secure best Leaving Cert results
06/06/2006 - 08:37:50Students in Cork reportedly secure the highest results in the Leaving Cert exams.
Reports this morning said research conducted for the Higher Education Authority found that 52% of Leaving Cert students in Cork achieved five or more honours grades in higher-level subjects in 2004.
The next highest figure is 46% in Dublin, followed by Limerick, Kilkenny, Clare, Wicklow, Waterford, Kildare, Galway and Tipperary, who are all above the national average of 40%.
At the other end of the table, just 29% of students in Louth secured five honours grades, while seven of the other counties in the bottom 10 are also in the border region.
The figures are based on an analysis of the results of 36,000 students who entered higher education colleges in 2004.
