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Dumbing down the Junior Cert

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  • 03-11-2011 12:23pm
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    Carlow52
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    Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has approved plans to abolish the Junior Certificate and replaced it with a radical new programme.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/juniorcert.html
    This bit makes me laugh?

    Final exams will no longer be the main focus as 40% of all subject marks will be awarded on the basis of continuous assessment over two years.
    Schools will also have the option of being able to award marks for activities currently regarded as extra curricular, such as putting on a school musical or participating in a book club.

    Continuous assessment run by the schools with no external assessment will be a disaster.


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