We aspire to a ‘world class’ education system but where is the vision?
but just €40 million was allocated to address this. Third-level student-to-staff ratios have increased from 16:1 in 2007 to 23:1 today, compared with a European average of 15:1.
Nor are universities immune from grade inflation. It is thoroughly justifiable to look askance at the number of first-class honours degrees in recent years and wonder how many of them are really of that standardare perpetuating unreal expectations, overestimating student ability and adding to anxiety. It requires a courageous minister for education to put a halt to it.on this matter asserted: “Unabated, this type of grade inflation will . . .
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