UN committee asks Ireland about efforts to reform Leaving Certificate

The Leaving Certificate is one of the issues the UN committee has asked Ireland to address.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has asked Ireland to outline the measures it has taken to mitigate the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and about state efforts to reform the Leaving Certificate "with a view to reducing the stress caused to children".

The committee, in publishing the list of issues it wants to explore with Ireland as part of its next periodic reporting cycle, has also asked Ireland to provide information on sex education programmes and how it is ensuring a child rights-based approach is integrated into the planning, implementation, and monitoring of measures for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including with regard to child participation and data collection.