Leaving Cert reforms to proceed as planned despite concerns raised by teachers' unions

From September, changes to the Leaving Cert will be introduced in chemistry, physics, business, Arabic, Ancient Greek and Latin. Picture: Denis Minihane

Teachers’ unions have been told by the minister for education that changes to the Leaving Cert will proceed as planned from this September.

Concerns around the incoming changes have prompted both second-level teachers’ unions, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) and the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), to call for a delay to the rollout.