The wait is almost over - the Leaving Certificate results will be released on Friday , and the dreams of more than 50,000 young people will be realised or dashed.
Regardless of our criticisms of the process and the ‘fairness’ of the Leaving Cert system, it is one of the most significant milestones in a student’s life. The pressure attached to the results is growing too. When the CAO system was introduced in 1992, only 6% of students reached 450 points, rising to over 54% achieving between 400-500 points in 2022.
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