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Education Minister Ruairí Quinn congratulated the country’s 56,930 Junior Certificate students who are receiving their results today.

Commenting on the results, Minister Quinn said

Today’s results are the culmination of many hours of hard work by all the students, their parents and teachers and they all should be very proud of what has been achieved.

I am very pleased to see that the number of students taking higher level science has increased again this year, with over 2,500 more students taking the paper compared to last year.

I would encourage all of these students to continue studying science in the senior cycle.

The Minister also welcomed the increase in the number of students taking higher level maths and in particular the number of students opting to take the higher level paper in the Project Maths pilot schools.

The Minister said:

Increasing the uptake at higher level is one of the explicit aims of Project Maths and this initial indication of increased uptake by students in the pilot schools is very welcome,

Minister Quinn concluded by congratulating students, parents and teachers on today’s results.