Points For College Courses Have Gone Down
Good news fo rCork students getting their CAO offers today as the points appear to have gone down for many college courses.
It's the first year of a new grading system designed to take the heat out of the competition and the Education Minister says it's proof it's working.
But there's a problem for potential primary teachers as the changes may leave some higher level pupils without their maths requirements, while admitting ordinary ones.
Education Editor with The Irish Independent Katherine Donnelly says overall students should be happy:
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