Letters to the Editor: Calculated grades must have a level playing field

I write to express my empathy with all Leaving Cert candidates now that this year’s Leaving Cert won’t go ahead. I also thought it might be interesting reflect on the Leaving Certificate education process in 21st-century Ireland by paraphrasing the words of 1916 leader Patrick H Pearse, who was executed 104 years ago this week.

Pearse was the headmaster of St. Enda’s, a ground breaking education experiment of its era. Pearse’s comments in "The Murder Machine", an essay on the school system in the early 20th century, ring true today. This crisis will bring the unrestrained gallop for CAO points, university and college places into much sharper focus than ever.