How we teach our children: Myriad of difficulties hamper education system reform

Prolonged talks with the unions, stand-offs and industrial disputes all highlight the wider difficulty in implementing change to an education system that is perceived by the wider public as doing a satisfactory job, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

WHEN students who start their Leaving Certificate this week get their results in August, it will be a landmark in Irish education.

While the papers themselves are in line with those of recent years, a new grading system will be in evidence in a little over two months’ time.