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Continuous Assessment Will Form Part Of Reformed Leaving Cert

Continuous assessment will become a key part of Leaving Cert exams under major reforms announced thi...
Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

1:39 PM - 29 Mar 2022



Continuous Assessment Will For...

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Continuous Assessment Will Form Part Of Reformed Leaving Cert

Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

1:39 PM - 29 Mar 2022



Continuous assessment will become a key part of Leaving Cert exams under major reforms announced this afternoon.

40% of exam marks in all subjects will be by continuous assessment with written exam deciding the rest.

 

The curricula for all subjects will be reviewed with new syllabus starting in 2024.

Two new subjects will also be created - 'Drama, Film and Theatre Studies'; and 'Climate Action and Sustainable Development'.

Paper one in English and Irish will now be taken at the end of fifth year for students starting with those entering senior cycle in September 2023.

Education Minister Norma Foley says it's time the Leaving Cert changed:

"We know that examinations are not capable of measuring all the competencies that we want young people to develop.

"We know too that having to rely on a single written examination can be stressful on students.

"To spread the assessment load - I have decided that one of the papers in Irish and English will be taken at the end of fifth year."

The Teacher's Union of Ireland has welcomed some aspects of the review, such as the availability of Transition Year to all schools.

However, it's calling for all continuous assessment components to be examined externally.

General Secretary of the TUI Michael Gillespie says the State Examinations Commission should facilitate that:

"The key thing is that it must be done by the State Exams because at the moment we hold the Leaving Cert as a brand and as an exam in very high esteem - as does the world.

"We have to maintain that, and do it by the exams being controlled by the State Exams Commission."



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