The Leaving Certificate is failing students and needs to be reformed.

That'Â’s what one school principal'Â’s told the Education Minister as he visited Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin.

Education Minister Richard Bruton congratulates pupils at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Principal Liam Wegimont is pictured behind them.

ConcernÂ’s are being raised about the 4000 pupils failing Maths, and the falling numbers sitting the Leaving Cert Applied exam.

Juliette Gash reports;