Leaving Certificate

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Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert reform plan aims to reduce stress - Foley (RTE.ie)

The Minister for Education has described the proposed Senior Cycle reform plan as a "deliberate move to reduce stress on students".

Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) students are also being promised "improved access" to Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages from September 2022, broadening the options for LCA. However, they made clear that they were doing so in order to support students at a time of crisis. Fifth-year students in a number of yet-to-be-decided pilot schools will be able to begin these subjects in September 2024. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. During the pandemic, teachers agreed to assess their own Leaving Certificate students for the purposes of accredited grades. As Leaving Certificate subjects are gradually revised, they will have assessment components additional to the conventional written examination introduced.

Major changes to Leaving Cert will see students sit some exams in ... (The Irish Times)

The move aims to reduce student stress levels around the traditional written exams and introduce teacher-based assessment for projects and other course ...

“Our current system has many strengths. * A new qualification will be introduced at level one and two on the National Qualification framework to provide an appropriate level of assessment to some students with special educational needs, building on the equivalent programme at Junior Cycle level; * The introduction of two new subjects - drama, film and theatre studies; and climate action and sustainable development - which will be ready for students in pilot schools starting fifth year in 2024;

Q&A: What's changing with the Leaving Cert and when? (Irish Examiner)

Under the new model, Leaving Cert subjects will be assessed by 60% traditional written exams and 40% teacher-based continuous assessment. Changes will also see ...

A revised transition year programme statement will also be published by the NCCA in 2024. By September 2023, the NCCA will publish a schedule of dates for when individual subject specifications will be completed and delivered. A revised transition year programme will also be established, and the minister has said she wants to see transition year made available to all students.

Leaving Cert to undergo huge reform including new subjects and ... (Irish Mirror)

The Leaving Certificate will see major changes under plans announced by the Minister for Education on Tuesday. Written exams will be worth no more than 60% ...

"The second half of post-primary education, Senior Cycle, prepares our students to progress to the next stage in their lives. We will move to a model that uses other forms of assessment, over a less concentrated time period, in line with international best practice. A new qualification will be introduced at level one and two on the National Qualification framework to provide an appropriate level of assessment to some students with special educational needs, building on the equivalent programme at Junior Cycle level.

Leaving Cert students to take subject in climate action (Irish Farmers Journal)

Leaving Certificate students will have the option of studying a new subject climate action and sustainable development as early as 2024, according to ...

Minister Foley announced that the subject will be ready for students in “network schools” starting fifth year in September 2024. The traditional agricultural science Leaving Cert subject is also set to see somewhat of an overhaul, with the Minister for Education announcing that the curriculum of all subjects will be reviewed as part of the reform. Leaving Certificate students will have the option of studying a new subject climate action and sustainable development as early as 2024, according to Minister for Education Norma Foley.

Revamped Leaving Cert 'most student-centred reform in generations ... (BreakingNews.ie)

The proposed changes to the Leaving Cert announced on Tuesday follows four years of research by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.

"Different students have different skill sets. "Then looking at assessment - broadening out assessment, looking at different ways to assess the learning that young people are involved in, and also looking at ways to broaden the reporting of that learning,” Ms Foster said. "They want their students to perform to their maximum," the Minister said. There is a place for the written aspect of the exam but there is also a place for the application of knowledge." "One of the key motivations that I have in bringing in senior cycle reform is that it empowers students to meet the challenges of the 21st century, to enrich their learning but also their skill base and finally to embed well-being and reduce stress." Ms Foley said the new system will better allow students to "showcase" their work over time, but will also reduce the emphasis on the acquiring of knowledge rather than its application.