20OctOctober 20, 2022

Leaving Certificate Reform: What Students Should Expect

After the Minister for Education in Ireland, Norma Foley, announced that the Leaving Certificate examinations would be undergoing reforms back in late March, secondary school students have been left scratching their heads as to what it would look like for them. The Key Changes To The Leaving Certificate Programme The first Leaving Cert amendment that will come into effect is that students starting their senior cycle syllabus in September 2023 will take their English and Irish papers at the end of...

Proposal To Introduce Modern Foreign Languages To Irish Primary Schools

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is currently exploring the integration of modern foreign languages for senior classes in a redeveloped primary curriculum. The proposal contained in the draft primary curriculum framework is now open for formal discussion. As part of this broader movement, the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, announced in April 2022, an extension of the “Say Yes to Languages” primary languages sampler module for a further year and invited primary schools to apply to participate...

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Leaving Certificate Reform: What Students Should Expect

Proposal To Introduce Modern Foreign Languages To Irish Primary Schools