The LCVP is a Senior Cycle Programme of the Department of Education and Skills, designed to give a strong vocational dimension to the Leaving Certificate. It focuses on enterprise and preparation for working life. A two-year programme, it combines the academic strengths of the Leaving Certificate with a dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community.
It is different from the established Leaving Cert because
- students take some of their Leaving Certificate subjects from a specified set of vocational subjects
- they study a recognised course in a modern European language
- they have two additional courses (called ‘Link Modules’) in the areas of Preparation for the World of Work and Enterprise Education
The programme combines the virtues of academic study with a new and dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. Young people taking the LCVP have a unique opportunity to develop their interpersonal, vocational and technological skills. These skills are equally relevant to the needs of those preparing for further education, seeking employment or planning to commence their own business some time in the future.