“Pupils in fee-charging schools and those who receive an all-Irish education are most likely to go straight to college from school …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly, Independent, 7 May]
“This week Leaving Certificate students have the chance to change their minds on their CAO forms, and some of the top employers in the country want them to do just that …” (more)
[Conor Ryan, Irish Examiner, 7 May]
“Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn’s ability to improve secondary education will be constrained by parents’ desire for their children to go to university and by simple arithmetic …” (more)
[Brian Mooney, Irish Times, 30 April]
“Teachers are reassuring parents that any strike action over Croke Park 2 won’t affect the summer exams. The three main teacher unions are threatening industrial action if the government goes ahead with more changes to their pay and conditions …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 20 April]
“Two teachers’ unions have warned of possible industrial action if cuts are imposed, but there is no threat to the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams …” (more)
[Independent, 17 April]
“Students, parents and teachers will have been interested to note the recent publication of a report, ‘Supporting a Better Transition from Second-Level to Higher Education: Key Directions and Next Steps’ …” (more)
[Independent, 10 April]
“The proposed changes to college entry are largely to be welcomed. Basically the plan is to (i) to reduce the number of denominated entry courses and move to a system based more on common entry, (ii) reduce the number of Leaving Cert grades, (iii) reduce the predictability of the exams …” (more)
[educationandstuff, 8 April]
“A significant reduction in degree programmes and an end to ‘problematic predictability’ in the Leaving Certificate have been announced as part of a major overhaul of the final State exam at second level and the third-level admissions system …” (more)
[Louise Holden, Irish Times, 28 March]
“Everyone wants to see perspective returning to the Leaving Cert but it’s all-or-nothing where reform is concerned. The education system is a complex and highly interdependent animal …” (more)
[Louise Holden, Irish Times, 28 March]
“The Leaving Certificate class of 2016 should have fewer high-point college degrees to choose from and should no longer be competing in exams for sub-grades just 5% apart …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 28 March]
“Major changes in the Leaving Certificate and the college entry process are on the way for students entering fifth year in September 2014 as education chiefs move to take the heat out of the points race …” (more)
[Independent, 28 March]
“IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today welcomed the broad thrust of Government proposals to improve the leaving certificate and the college entry system. If properly implemented, the proposals could improve second level teaching, shift the emphasis from rote learning and help students make more informed college subject choices …” (more)
[IBEC, 27 March]
“A major shake up in the points system will be phased in for students entering fifth year in September 2014 …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly, Independent, 27 March]
“The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD is today announcing the progress made on supporting the transition between second level and higher education for students. Key stakeholders have been working collaboratively to address problem areas surrounding the change for young people moving from secondary school to third level …” (more)
[Department of Education and Skills, 27 March]
“We’ve been here before. Such was the fever to promote science at the expense of everything else in the mid nineteenth century that Thomas Wyse told an audience at the Waterford Literary and Scientific Society in 1833 …” (more)
[Michael Seery, Is this going to be on the exam?, 26 March]
“The new Project Maths curriculum continues to cause controversy with parents and teachers complaining that its implementation has been botched …” (more)
[Independent, 20 March]
“University presidents are preparing to introduce major changes to the CAO college-entry process from 2015 …” (more)
[Independent, 12 March]
“It seems bonus points really do add up. There has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of Leaving Certificate students taking higher-level maths in the past two years …” (more)
[Kevin Doyle, Herald, 11 March]
“DCU has reported a significant swing in the direction of STEM-based courses in terms of CAO first preference figures. The university said it attracted more than 4,000 first preference applications …” (more, video)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 9 March]
“CAO points for science and technology courses are likely to jump again after application figures for college places this autumn showed another surge in demand for these courses …” (more)
[Louise Holden, Irish Times, 9 March]
