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Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme

Many students take the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) which is an intervention designed to enhance the vocational dimension of the established Leaving Certificate. It emphasises enterprise education and preparation for working life and further education.

The LCVP is a Leaving Certificate with a focus on enterprise and preparation for working life. This two-year programme combines the academic strengths of the Leaving Certificate with a dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. In most ways the LCVP is like the established Leaving Certificate. LCVP students take two additional courses, called Link Modules, in the areas of Preparation for the World of Work and Enterprise Education.

The primary goal of the LCVP is to prepare young people for adult life by ensuring that they are educated in the broadest sense, with an ability to cope and thrive in an environment of rapid change. Participants in the programme are encouraged to develop skills and competencies fundamental to both academic and vocational success.

The use of active teaching and learning methodologies is encouraged in the LCVP. Experiences such as work placements, career investigations, mini-enterprises, business and community visits are an integral part of the programme. This rich activity base requires a considerable time commitment and high degree of flexibility from the LCVP coordinator and teaching team in the school.

LCVP students receive the same certificate as students of the Leaving Certificate (established).

An additional statement of the grade received for the Link Modules is appended to the certificate.


Grades for the Link Modules are awarded as follows:
• Distinction (80 – 100%)
• Merit (65 – 79%)
• Pass (50 – 64%)


LCVP students have the same opportunity to proceed to universities and other third level institutions as students in the Leaving Certificate (established).


The Link Modules are presently recognised in points terms as follows:
• Distinction 66 points
• Merit 46 points
• Pass 28 points

More information about the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) can be found here.

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