The Numbers

17,874 students will sit the Leaving Cert business paper this morning

17,874students will sit the Leaving Cert business paper this morning. It is by far the most popular of the business subjects

5,804

will sit accounting next Monday

4,793

will do economics on Wednesday

77%

of Business students will take the higher-level paper

88%

of economics students will opt for higher level

21%

of higher-level accounting students got an A last year

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