Down with exams! Why the Junior Cert is ripe for reform [Independent.ie]
- Published: 05 May 2010
The Junior Cert is unlikely to be scrapped completely as part of the latest government plans for reform of second level education.
But the new version of the junior cycle is likely to be unrecognisable from the present system.
Depending on how far the new Education Minister Mary Coughlan wishes to go, the switch to a new junior cycle will result in the biggest shake-up of second level education for two decades.
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