Leaving Certificate
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The Leaving Certificate is the final exam taken place in the Republic of Ireland secondary school education system. To do the leaving cert, you first need to do the Junior Certificate exams.
As the Junior Certificate, Maths, English, and Irish (That is, if you have done Irish for the Junior Cert) are compulsory. For the Leaving Cert, you need to do six subjects at the least. You may do any exam either in a Higher or Ordinary level. Irish and Mathematics offer a 'Foundation' level. Foundation level is where the exams just asks about the most basic teaching on the course, for those who have a hard time doing that particular subject.
The results are given out in the middle of August. You must have a Leaving Certificate in order to go on to college or university.