Spurious exercise based on a narrow and outdated view of education

WE wish to express our surprise and concern at the continued promotion by some daily newspapers and other publications of the so-called feeder schools’ league.

These schools are defined as the ‘top’ feeder schools for third-level colleges in Ireland.

Publishing the results of this type of competition or league, based on the percentage of Leaving Cert students in particular schools in a given year who go on to third level is, at best, a spurious exercise that appears to emanate from a narrow and outdated view of educational achievement.