Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will we ever see a leaving certificate based on rote learning again or have the floodgates opened? Will there now be some scope for continuous assessment as in the A-level system in the United Kingdom? There are many countries where examination systems are not based on the ability to spew out information that has been learned by rote on a given morning and which determines students' knowledge of the English language, the Irish language or chemistry.