The pros and cons of the CAO points system has generated some posts on this blog in the past. Recently, DCU president Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski called for the points system to be scrapped, as he thinks we need to move from a professional to an enterprise culture. This debate is well-timed for an era where female participation in higher education is at 60% and growing.
According to the Irish Examiner: "The view that school leavers may be pushed to seek places on courses solely based on the status attached to their Leaving Certificate points’ requirements is not a new one. But Professor von Prondzynski’s remarks could spark a debate about the points system, which has been in use for college entry since the early 1970s".
Read more here.
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The article in the Examiner also quotes von Prondzynski as saying:
“We need to value initiative, risk-taking and personal courage, and become less fixated on ‘secure’ and ‘respectable’ professions such as the legal profession and the civil service,” he said.
These comments support recent thinking at the Centre about a need to understand the behavioural economics of risk-taking, enterprise and innovation.
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