POLL: Is our education system broken?

Áilín Quinlan talks to two experts and asks their views on the Leaving Certificate. Betty McLaughlin believes that the level of training of teachers and broad range of subjects make it a great system but Dr Raymond Lynch argues that all the good work done by these teachers doesn’t show when the exam season starts. Let us know your opinion by taking our poll below.

Highly trained teachers and the chance to study several subjects are strengths of our second-level system, contends Betty McLaughlin.

We provide a very good education at second-level in Ireland. Our teachers are among the best-trained in the world, and, because they avail of a system of continuous professional development supported by the Department of Education, they’re continually upskilling in terms of teaching methodologies and current education trends.