Clare’s TUI representative believes lessons will need to have been learned by the Government on Junior Cycle reform to ensure the Leaving Cert is revamped successfully.
Written exams for the Leaving Cert will only be worth 60 per cent of the total marks from 2024 under new proposals announced by the Department of Education.
All subjects will take on an element of continuous assessment, with Paper One of both English and Irish to be sat at the end of fifth year under the new proposals.
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Kate Hehir, who teaches in St. Michael’s Community College in Kilmihil, says she’s doubtful over whether the current system can deliver genuine reform.
