Madam, – The proposed new wording includes “the State shall provide for free primary education”. This is an ideal time to define “primary”. Primary schools should be re-constituted to take children to Junior Certificate level.
Secondaries could go from gap-year to current first year university standard.
If we are changing, let’s break the mould and get it right. The bar should be set high so as to reflect modern needs. – Yours, etc,