Leaving Cert reforms may face axe over costs

PLANS for major reform of the Leaving Certificate may be shelved as expert advice to Education Minister Mary Hanafin suggests the extra teachers alone would cost €100 million a year.

Leaving Cert reforms may face axe over costs

Expert advice, seen by the Irish Examiner, and sent to the minister in recent weeks, spells out the true cost of introducing a scheme of continuous assessment over a three-year senior cycle.

The experts suggest:

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