Ciara Kelly: Scrapping Leaving Cert would not ‘prepare kids for the real world’

Newstalk BreakfastPoliticians such as Paul Murphy have called for the examination to be replaced with another form of assessment to finish secondary school.“At least this system is fair – no one is getting into College because they know the senior professor,” he told“I have a son going through the Leaving Cert at the moment, it’s a pain in the neck – but sometimes life is difficult.Ciara said the “real world” is not a “walk in the park” - and the Leaving Cert reflects that problem.

“Trying to remove obstacles and obstacles and obstacles which is sort of the modern way – sounds great in theory but doesn't prepare kids for the real world,” she said. Students doing their Leaving Cert exams in Bandon, West Cork, 2022. Image: AG News / Alamy Stock Photo“If your father is a professor of engineering and you’re doing a technical graphics project, you have a distinct advantage,” he said.Scrapping the Leaving Cert is “pie in the sky” thinking, especially if you just start accepting people into college courses without an exam, according to Ciara.

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