If welfare of Leaving Cert candidates is important, we must press ahead with senior cycle reform
We now have the opportunity to push for senior cycle reform and to use the Citizens Assembly on the future of education to consult with the public and students directly. It is crucial that the approach the Citizens’ Assembly takes is student-focused and that the outcomes reduce the stress put on students. It is also important to further ensure a long-term plan for senior cycle reform is put in place.
Ireland proclaims itself to be the land of saints and scholars. This is not obvious from the way we approach our education system. Ireland, according to a 2022 OECD report spends only 3.2 per cent of its GDP on education. The lowest among the OECD countries. A country which has produced academics such as Yeats, Robinson and Heaney should be leading on education reform to excel or best and brightest.
Strides in increasing student voice in all aspects of the education sector have been made, yet there is so much more to do.
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