Leaving Cert 2021: 'A lot of students lost motivation' due to Covid-19 restrictions

Like thousands of other students currently sitting the Leaving Cert, Cain Hopkins, a 17-year-old from Dublin, spent a large portion of his final year at his desk, in front of a screen. "This room is the only place I would be. My world shrunk," he told Prime Time in a video diary. His friends, his teachers – even his football team, Shamrock Rovers – were rendered pixelated objects on a desktop screen, his connection to the outside world. Cain is one of three students who have been documenting their Leaving Cert on camera for Prime Time. Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2021/0617/1228791-leaving-cert-2021-a-lot-of-students-lost-motivation/

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