Students offer input on education reforms [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 14 July 2011
A group of teenagers have made suggestions for how Ireland's education system can be improved to better prepare students for their working lives.
As part of consultations on reforming the Junior Cycle, 88 young people between the ages of 12 and 18 were asked to give their opinions to help formulate policy for the future of teaching at this level.
The pupils suggested making the Junior Cycle two years long would be beneficial in order to allow an extra year for the Senior Cycle, while they wanted greater emphasis on subjects such as social, personal and health education and civic, social and political education.
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