
Norma Foley kept parents happy with the announcement of free school books for the first three years of secondary school but she was criticised by third-level institutions over Leaving Cert grade inflation.
Date: November 15, 2023 - AcademiaStudent Life
Norma Foley kept parents happy with the announcement of free school books for the first three years of secondary school but she was criticised by third-level institutions over Leaving Cert grade inflation.
It hasn’t been a great year for the university sector. The glitz began to come off the new technological universities (TUs), while a couple of the longer-established unis ran into heavy weather over governance issues. They also earned a rebuke from education minister Norma Foley over their generosity in issuing honours degrees. They had criticised… Read more »
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