CAO system overhaul will see further education and apprenticeships included

Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science speaks to apprentice, Aaron Fegan, from Cavan, during a visit to Bolton Street Campus, TU Dublin.

The minister for higher education is set to overhaul the CAO system to include further education and apprenticeships.

From November, the CAO website will be revamped to include those areas in a bid to ease what has been dubbed the "points race".