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10 memories everyone who did Home Ec in school will recognise
It’s a subject that we all look back on fondly until we remember those coursework journals.
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
It’s a subject that we all look back on fondly until we remember those coursework journals.
Make the new English Junior Cert exam fairer by adding thirty extra minutes, writes Junior Cert pupil Tara O’Sullivan.
Under a new student and parent charter, schools will have to outline the outcome of each complaint made by parents.
Students taught by ASTI could end up losing 10% of their overall mark, it is feared.
The first exam for both sets of students this morning will be English paper 1.
School days definitely aren’t the best days of your life during exams…
More students have been opting to do the higher level paper in recent years.
There has been controversy about the book Noughts & Crosses being on the Junior Cert curriculum. The description of passionate young love, later sex and (hang on to your seats) an abortion all speaks to things that young adults are likely to encounter in their lives, writes Aaron McKenna.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the classroom…
Pamela Noonan sat her Junior Cert at age 71, having left school when she was just 11.
Carlos Wolfe studied while staying in temporary accommodation, and sleeping rough in the park and in a hospital waiting room.
Six students nationwide were awarded the maximum 12 A grades possible at Higher / Common Level.
And grades for the junior cycle appear to be holding steady against previous years, without massive improvement.
The venue became overcrowded because a number of people had forged tickets, leaving valid ticket holders stuck outside.
We all need a laugh at this difficult time.
With the Leaving Cert starting today, our writers recall the plethora of distractions that threatened to undermine their study.
Minister Jan O’Sullivan is due to announce new legislation later today.
Will it mean peace in our time?
We live in a time of austerity – and education is being targeted along with other elements of society.
The minister said she is satisfied the time limit doesn’t need to be changed – for now, at least.
Talks on the Junior Cycle dispute are getting underway today.
Around 330,000 second level students will have a day off tomorrow, as teachers go on strike again.
Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan thinks it will encourage critical thinking.
Teachers will hold their second strike on Thursday 22 January.
Times are changing, as is teaching, but we can’t lose sight of what’s important; instilling a love of learning in our students.
Students have a day off as teachers take action over proposed Junior Cert reforms.
The strike’s set to go ahead next Tuesday. And neither side is backing down.
Real education is not present when rote-learning is encouraged and facilitated.