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Former Education Minister says teachers assessing own students is not the way to go

The former Minister for Education Mary Hanafin, says the Junior Cert needs reform, but teachers shouldn't assess their own students.

Yesterday the current Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan, said she will be going ahead with changes to the Junior Cert, despite teachers unions not reaching an agreement on the proposals.

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But Mary Hanafin, who served as Education Minister from 2004 until 2008, thinks the marking of assessments should remain independent.

The Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Councillor for Fianna Fail, says the Junior Cert needs to remain standardised across all schools

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