There are renewed calls for the Leaving Cert to be reformed as it results in education being boiled down to a three-digit number. The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals says the exam format is "cruel" and "outdated".
The results of this year's exams are due to be released to 60-thousand students on Friday. Director of the NAPD, Paul Crone, says time in school should be about more than just achieving points. "We also need to move away from describing the Leaving Cert as a three-digit number," he continued.
"The culmination of 14 years of study and people will say 'how did you do in the Leaving Cert?' And people will say, 'I got 400; I got 425'.
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