Quinn rows back on plans to cap subjects at Junior Cert exam [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 21 October 2011
EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn is rowing back on plans to impose an eight-subject cap on the Junior Cert for students starting second-level next year.
He now says that it will not be a requirement until 2014 -- for pupils doing the exam in 2017 -- but individual schools may decide to introduce it before then.
The move follows concerns from schools, teachers and parents about the short notice of such a radical change. Schools are already involved in detailed planning for next September, talking to prospective students about subject choice and working out staffing needs.
School management bodies and teacher unions, who warned that the 2012 deadline was wreaking havoc, welcomed the minister's announcement, at the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) annual conference.
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