Points system 'harming education', says Minister [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 23 September 2011
The points system administered by the Central Applications Office (CAO) for determining university admissions is harmful to the country's education system.
This is according to the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn, who made the claim at a conference held this week to discuss reforming the process of transitioning from the second to third level, the Irish Times reports.
He suggested the current procedure "may be undermining those very qualities we value in our students in higher education - their ability to think for themselves, to create and innovate, to initiate and to question".
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