Poll: Does the Leaving Certificate need to be completely reformed?

The Department of Education Image: Shutterstock/Derick Hudson The Department of Education Image: Shutterstock/Derick Hudson IT’S ONE OF the most talked-about topics in Ireland each year: the Leaving Certificate.

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has said that the system needs to be reconsidered to suit various students with different types of learning styles and interests. Speaking on Spin 1038 this morning, the minister said that the Leaving Cert should be looked at by the Department of Education in the wake of the pandemic to think about how the government can “do better by students”.

He said that that he intends to “overhaul” the CAO application form to recognise alternative pathways other than university courses.Poll Results: Yes, we need a new system built from scratch Some aspects need to be changed but others should stay No, it's a good system that works I don't know No, change would just make it worse #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you

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Absolutely. Its ready for the bin. We need self starters, critical thinkers, can do and all that good stuff. Not people who are good at rote learning and need to be told what to do.

Its the grant system which needs reform. Grants for the wealthy refused to the poor because of a tax system which favours one over the other.

Easy. It antiquated and not fit for purpose.

It's one of the few things in this country where people of power & influence have not been able to corrupt.

I’d say yes but if you let FF/FG do it they’ll dictate the whole thing by what a small group of multinational employers want. It’ll be goodbye to the arts

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