Leaving Cert students are set to sit traditional exams for the first time in two years, as part of the Government's bid to address grade inflation.
Minister for Education Norma Foley will bring the proposal before Cabinet this morning, which will see a return to exams but with greater choice on papers.
The Ombudsman for Children, opposition parties and sixth-year students all called for a hybrid leaving cert to go ahead again this year, similar to the accredited grade systems in place for 2020 and 2021.
Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, Daniel McConnell, says grade inflation and college places were major factors in the Government's decision;
"What we know happened over the last two years is that colleges essentially provided additional places to allow more people attend college. Now that again is not sustainable in the long run and that's ultimately something the Taoiseach addressed in recent days saying the capacity to create an extra thousand places again, capacity is not there."
