Govt launches new literacy and numeracy campaign [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 11 July 2011
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has unveiled a new strategy for the country's education system that is designed to boost the literacy and numeracy skills of Irish children.
As a key part of the government's programme, it has set out ambitious targets to be achieved by 2020, including increasing the number of primary school pupils performing at the highest level by five percentage points and halving the numbers achieving only the lowest level.
One part of the proposals will see the number of subjects taken by Junior Certificate students limited to eight, including English, Irish and maths.
This will allow more time to be allocated to key literacy and numeracy skills and for more in-depth learning across the subjects.
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