Teachers may be assisting students too much, report finds

Schools and training centres are doing well in preparing students for the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) — but some may be helping candidates too much with their tasks and projects.

The observations emerge from a report published today by the State Examinations Commission’s (SEC) chief examiner for LCA.

LCA is an alternative to the traditional Leaving Certificate, in which students build up credits from tasks and assessments over two years in areas of vocational preparation, and vocational and general education.