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Victoria White: We need to humanise the Leaving Cert and change the CAO system

Some 61,000 Leaving Cert students have sweated through two months of pointless study, writes Victoria White

Victoria White: We need to humanise the Leaving Cert and change the CAO system

Thu, 14 May, 2020 - 09:00

Victoria White

Some 61,000 Leaving Cert students have sweated through two months of pointless study, writes Victoria White

Disappointed students can sit the Leaving Certificate when the health advice allows and go to college later. Picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

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