Poll: Do you think the Leaving Cert should be scrapped?

An American academic has criticised our second-level senior cycle as “dysfunctional”. Do you agree with him?

A TOP THIRD-LEVEL academic has said that the Leaving Cert syllabus and exams should be “taken out in a field and blown up”.

Tom Begley, former dean of UCD’s two business schools, told Kathy Foley in today’s Sunday Times that the Leaving Cert doesn’t equip students to problem-solve or to learn independently. He isn’t the first to have criticised the current second-level final assessment.

What do you think? Should the Leaving Certificate syllabus and exams be scrapped altogether?

Poll Results:

Yes, it should be completely replaced by an alternative system (704)

Not scrapped altogether, but changed significantly (626)

No, it's fine as it is (145)

Yes, it should be completely replaced by an alternative system
No, it's fine as it is
Not scrapped altogether, but changed significantly

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