Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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Is it available? I will explain why it is important. How are we supposed to address the inequalities that are here? I am very concerned about the widening inequality gap between those who can afford the grinds and the extra tuition, as opposed to those who are sitting the same examination but cannot afford any of that, and perhaps come from homes that are not conducive to them participating fully in terms of doing their homework and everything else. How are we are measuring that in order to be able to address it?