Leaving Cert reform risks 'piling significant additional pressure' on students and teachers 

TUI president Liz Farrell said the union’s strong position is that Paper 1 in both English and Irish should not be completed at the end of fifth year. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The plan for pupils to sit Leaving Cert exam papers at the end of fifth year could “pile significant additional pressure” on students and teachers.

That’s the warning from both the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU), which have expressed serious concerns about Education Minister Norma Foley’s intended Leaving Cert reforms.