Exams students run out of time and luck

I AM writing on behalf of the students and staff of the XLC Project (External Learning Community) to protest at the injustice and difficulty presented by the home economics Leaving Certificate exam at ordinary and higher level.

The written final exam was preceded by comprehensive and testing course work which then had to be written up in a manuscript of 60 foolscap pages.

This onerous task is not required for other subjects, like English, history, geography, classical studies, etc.