'Broad range of concerns' over aspects of Senior Cycle reform

AACs, expected to be worth 40% of a student's overall grade in a subject, are planned to be introduced in every subject under Senior Cycle reform from September.

Key stakeholders representing Ireland’s Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have raised concerns over aspects of Senior Cycle reform.

New research involving students, parents, and principals from across schools under the ETB patronage found that a “broad welcome” for the proposed incoming changes was “tempered with an equally broad range of concerns".