LCVP is a Senior Cycle Programme of the Department of Education and Skills, designed to give a strong vocational dimension to the established Leaving Certificate. The programme combines the virtues of academic study with a new focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. Students taking the LCVP have a unique opportunity to develop their interpersonal, vocational and technological skills. Link to Dept. of Education LCVP.pdf
What does LCVP look like in practice?
Students do exactly the same Leaving Certificate as those not doing LCVP but they do an extra subject. This subject is referred to a Link Module. There are three different emphasis involved in a link module: enterprise education, preparation for work and work experience. Link modules also involve keeping a portfolio of work over the two years. This portfolio includes a career investigation, a curriculum vitae etc.
Assessment
The portfolio of work is assessed and students complete an interview which is recorded and sent away for assessment. Students also complete a two hour exam in early May before the main exams. There are three grades in LCVP and the point awarded are displayed below.
| LCVP Grade |
Points |
| Distinction |
66 |
| Merit |
46 |
| Pass |
28 |
Can anyone do LCVP?
Yes, but students need the correct combination of subjects.They must fit into one of the specialist and one of the services groupings below.
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Specialist Groupings
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Services Groupings
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1 Construction Studies; Engineering; Design and Communication Graphics; Technology - Any Two
2 Physics and Construction Studies or Engineering or Technology or Design & Communication Graphics
3 Agricultural Science and Construction Studies or Engineering or Technology or Design & Communication Graphics
4 Agricultural Science and Chemistry or Physics or Physics/Chemistry
5 Home Economics; Agricultural Science; Biology - Any Two
6 Home Economics and Art - Design Option or Craft Option
7 Accounting; Business; Economics - Any two
8 Physics and Chemistry
9 Biology and Chemistry or Physics or Physics/Chemistry
10 Biology and Agricultural Science
11 Art - Design Option or Craft Option and Design & Communication Graphics
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12 Engineering or Technology or Construction Studies or Design & Communication Graphics and Accounting or Business or Economics
13 Home Economics and Accounting or Business or Economics
14 Agricultural Science and Accounting or Business or Economics
15 Art Design or Craftwork Option and Accounting or Business or Economics
16 Music and Accounting or Business or Economics
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