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Mon 04 Apr 2007Hanafin abandons plan for two-stage Leaving CertThe Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, is set to abandon plans for a new two-stage Leaving Certificate, after school managers refused to back her proposals.In a move designed to ease pressure on students, the Minister had proposed a new format in which students would take some exams in Irish and English early in the academic year.