Letters to the Editor: It’s time to restore the  integrity of Leaving Cert

'Unprecedented grade inflation this year proves that standardisation goes out the window when the checks and balances are ignored'

"The traditional Leaving Cert exam is not perfect but in comparison to the shambles of the subjective prediction of the past two exams, it’s a perfectly oiled machine."

Two years of assessment uncertainty has been nerve-racking for Leaving Cert candidates. Admittedly, needs must when the pandemic called to wreak havoc in their young lives. Desperate measures, such as calculated and accredited grades, were called for in desperate times.

A commendable effort was made to provide an assessment of sorts. However, considerable fault rests with the exams authority that the results deviated alarmingly from standard norms and that high grades were distributed with rare abandon. It’s time to restore the integrity and international reputation of an exam that has served the Ireland well since 1925.