'A huge retrograde step': Opposition TDs criticise plan to hold traditional Leaving Cert exams

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty described the staging of a traditional Leaving Cert in 2022 as 'absolutely the wrong decision'

The Labour party’s education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the Department of Education had displayed no imagination on the possibility of an alternative form for Leaving Cert 2022. File picture

The Government's plan to hold traditional Leaving Certificate examinations in 2022 has been labelled "extremely disappointing" and "a huge retrograde step" by opposition TDs.

The Labour party’s education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said any move to change the current hybrid model would be “devastating” to a cohort of students who have experienced “a massive amount of disruption”.