Cabinet to approve traditional Leaving Cert exams today

Students protesting at Leinster House on Kildare Street, Dublin last month over mooted plans for this year's Leaving Cert. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Students will sit a traditional Leaving Certificate this summer with "some elements of choice" under plans due to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday.

The Government is set to dismiss student demands for a hybrid model, and will press ahead with a largely traditional exam in a bid to address grade inflation.