Student voices need to be heard in Leaving Cert overhaul

Paul Crone, director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, said: "We have learned that entry to third level must be decoupled from terminal exam results."

Students should be given more say in how their Leaving Cert is assessed after the pandemic, given how stress and anxiety “significantly reduced” when they had options this year.

That’s according to the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD), which addressed the Oireachtas education committee on Tuesday.