Teacher passes 27 out of 30 papers

PERSONAL CHALLENGE: THE WATERFORD man who sat 30 Leaving Cert papers in the June exams has passed 27 of them, securing a total…

PERSONAL CHALLENGE:THE WATERFORD man who sat 30 Leaving Cert papers in the June exams has passed 27 of them, securing a total of 490 points.

Eoin Jackson (35) took on the challenge to help raise funds for the XLc Project, where he teaches early school-leavers. He sat 20 of the papers at higher level.

Opening his results yesterday morning, Mr Jackson was delighted to find he had done well.

He failed just three subjects: applied maths, ancient biblical Hebrew and accounting.

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“There’s no accounting for that,” he joked.

His three best subjects were biology, in which he secured an A1, music, a B1 and geography, a B2. These are also the subjects he teaches.