Schooling struggles need smart solutions

There is an escalating problem with secondary school admission, which has been highlighted in Limerick schools, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

Schooling struggles need smart solutions

WHEN Education Minister Niamh Breathnach opened Edmund Rice College in Limerick city in 1993, she said entrance tests would soon be banned as a means of selecting students for second level schools.

It was clear to teachers and families around the country at that stage that schools were leaving the less able pupils academically, at least to struggle for places at second level.

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