Reviews called for Leaving Cert and education practices [advertiser.ie]
- Published: 11 June 2010
As the 2010 Leaving Certificate examinations got under way this week a number of changes to exam structures and reference material were being proposed.
The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union has called for an end to the study-and-cram approach to school-leaving exams, claiming it simply encourages young people to learn material by rote for a certain deadline, after which they forget all about it.
“Let’s face facts. The Leaving Certificate doesn’t adequately prepare students for third-level or life outside of education,” said ISSU president Leanne Caulfield. “Thousands of Junior and Leaving Cert students across the country sat down this week to get as much last-minute study done as possible, but the sad reality is that in 48 or even 24 hours’ time, much of this information is gone from their memories forever, replaced with further cramming information that in turn will be forgotten by the weekend to make way for yet more cramming for next week’s exams.”
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