Elaine Loughlin: Government needs schooling after Leaving Cert 'calculated mess'

The newly appointed Education Minister Norma Foley, has been in the firing line over what was a closely guarded system

Taoiseach Micheá l Martin tried to explain there had been issues with "the technology, the coding and so on" around calculated grades. Picture: Brian Lawless

The Taoiseach and his Government are the ones in need of schooling after yet another error has cast serious doubt over the entire Leaving Cert grading system.

The Leaving Certificate year is always a stressful time, but this year 61,000 students had to deal with the postponement and eventual cancellation of the state exams followed by the clunky rollout of a brand new assessment system.