Over 4,000 Junior and Leaving Cert. students across Cavan and Monaghan will be sitting the state exams this morning.
1,013 pupils in Cavan and 781 in Monaghan will sit English Paper One for Leaving Certificate.
While in Junior Certificate 1,224 pupils in Cavan and 1,059 in Monaghan are sitting state exams this morning.
Gerry Reilly is a Guidance Counsellor in St Macartans in Monaghan.
He says there's an increasing demand for teaching courses this year: