Leaving Cert overhaul could be done 'within two years', Children's Ombudsman says

Now is the time to overhaul the Leaving Cert, the Ombudsman for Children has claimed. File Picture.

It is time to revisit national policy on bullying in schools and to reform the Leaving Cert, the Ombudsman for Children has warned.

Dr Niall Muldoon made his comments after the latest annual report from the Office of the Children's Ombudsman (OCO) which showed a fall in the number of complaints made last year, but a rise in the percentage of complaints associated with education.