Govt rejects 'unfair' education criticism [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 04 July 2011
The government has dismissed criticism by a prominent academic of the way in which third level education in the country is run.
In an interview for the Sunday Times yesterday (July 3rd), Professor Tom Begley, who was dean of the Smurfit and Quinn business schools at University College Dublin until recently, said the authorities lacked a coherent strategy.
He also described the Leaving Certificate as "completely dysfunctional" and called for it to be scrapped.
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