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The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert (Irish: Ardteist), is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior Certificate Examination. These years are referred to collectively as "The Senior Cycle." Most students taking the examination are aged 16–20; in excess of eighty percent of this group undertake the exam. The Examination is overseen by the State Examinations Commission. The Leaving Certificate Examinations are taken annually by approximately 55,000 students.
Usage examples of "leaving certificate".
I had never taken any physics, let alone obtained a school-leaving certificate, which normally required a three-year course.
The standard of paraphrasing aimed at is that of the English papers in the Leaving Certificate and the University Preliminary Examinations.