There are just over 24 hours to go before the start of this year's Leaving and Junior Certificates.

119-thousand pupils will sit the annual State exams this summer, at 5-thousand centres around the country.

Locked boxes containing the papers have already been handed over to supervisors.

The first exam for all students will be English paper one which begins at half past nine tomorrow morning.

President of the ASTI teachers' union, Philip Irwin, says parents can help children with last minute prep today: