Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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A number of witnesses have come before us and identified the main problem with the leaving certificate is that it is exclusively seen and used as a means to access third level institutions. Some of them have suggested that we should try to decouple the leaving certificate and the points race from admission to third level institutions. Does Ms. Feeney think the committee should consider this or does she think it would be potentially dangerous?