Information About Leaving Cert Reform

Number of CAO courses to face cut

Number of CAO courses to face cut

  It looks as though the long-mooted shake-up of the Leaving Cert points system may happen after all. According to Minister of Education Ruairi Quinn, the plan is to gradually phase-in changes from September 2014 so that the new system is in place for students sitting the Leaving Cert in 2017. These plans recently overcame […]

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New ‘Vision’ for Secondary Education Needs to be Seen

New ‘Vision’ for Secondary Education Needs to be Seen

  Reform of the Leaving Cert was one of the key recommendations of a new report entitled ‘A 20/20 Vision for Education’. The report, which was drawn up by the Post-Primary Education Forum – a group that comprises teachers, parents and students – claims to place the concerns and needs of the student at the […]

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