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Minister for Education and Skills has announced that the new name for the reformed Junior Certificate will be the JCSA or Junior Cycle Student Award.<\/p>\n
Minister Quinn said, \u201cThe overhaul of junior cycle is long over-due and much needed. The new JCSA will put students, rather than exams, at the centre of the three year cycle.<\/p>\n
Minister Quinn continued, \u201cMost parents and teachers that I meet are supportive of the need to overhaul junior cycle \u2013 for the good of students. However, I do acknowledge that many teachers have legitimate concerns about how these new changes will be introduced in schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cA new Working Group on Junior Cycle Reform will meet for the first time this Friday, 17th of January. This working group will be a forum where the concerns of the partners can be heard and addressed over the next number of months and years. The group is made up of representatives from the teacher unions, the ASTI and TUI, management bodies, parents, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and the Department of Education and Skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile reform of the junior cycle is urgently required, it is being phased in over several years from September 2014. I am determined that the new JCSA will be introduced at a rate which will allow our schools, students and teachers the time to embed these changes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have lost some time over the last few months but I am confident that this group can provide a focus for meaningful and effective dialogue that will address legitimate concerns and enable implementation to proceed,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an opportunity for all the partners to influence the development and implementation of junior cycle reform and I am fully committed to taking on board the outcomes of the Working Group\u2019s deliberations,\u201d concluded the Minister.<\/p>\n
The current Junior Cycle curriculum has been in place for 25 years without any fundamental reform. There is compelling evidence that it is failing some young people as significant numbers of first years do not make progress in the key building blocks of learning: English and Maths.<\/p>\n
There is also evidence of students \u2018switching off\u2019 in second year and in many cases they never reconnect to learning; while the experience of third year is dominated and narrowed by preparations for the Junior Cert exams. The new JCSA will address these problems and ensure students become informed teenagers and citizens with the tools to achieve their full potential.<\/p>\n
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T\u00e1 an tAire Oideachais agus Scileanna, Ruair\u00ed Quinn T.D., tar \u00e9is a fh\u00f3gairt go mbeidh ainm nua ar an dTeastas S\u00f3isearach leasaithe mar at\u00e1 Gradam Scol\u00e1ire na Sraithe S\u00f3iseara\u00ed (an Gradam).<\/p>\n
Ad\u00fairt an tAire Quinn, “Is fada agus is g\u00e9ar a bh\u00ed ollch\u00f3iri\u00fa ar an tSraith Sh\u00f3isearach ag teast\u00e1il. Leis an nGradam nua beidh scol\u00e1ir\u00ed, seachas scr\u00faduithe, ag cro\u00edl\u00e1r na sraithe thr\u00ed bliana.<\/p>\n
Ad\u00fairt an tAire Quinn leis, “B\u00edonn formh\u00f3r na dtuismitheoir\u00ed agus na m\u00fainteoir\u00ed a chastar ormsa b\u00e1\u00fail le hollch\u00f3iri\u00fa ar an tsraith sh\u00f3isearach – ar mhaithe leis na scol\u00e1ir\u00ed. Admha\u00edm, \u00e1fach, go bhfuil \u00e1bhair bhuartha dlisteanacha ag an-chuid m\u00fainteoir\u00ed faoin gcaoi a dtabharfar na hathruithe seo isteach i scoileanna.<\/p>\n
“Tion\u00f3lfar Meitheal Oibre nua do Leas\u00fa na Sraithe S\u00f3iseara\u00ed don ch\u00e9ad uair riamh D\u00e9 hAoine seo chugainn, 17\u00fa Ean\u00e1ir. F\u00f3ram a bheidh sa mheitheal oibre seo ina bhf\u00e9adfar \u00e1bhair bhuartha na gcomhph\u00e1irtithe oideachais a \u00e9isteacht agus a leigheas, a mh\u00e9id is f\u00e9idir, thar na m\u00edonna agus na mblianta romhainn amach. T\u00e1 an gr\u00fapa comhdh\u00e9anta de hionadaithe \u00f3 cheardchumainn na m\u00fainteoir\u00ed, Cumann na Me\u00e1nmh\u00fainteoir\u00ed, \u00c9ire agus Aontas M\u00fainteoiri \u00c9ireann, comhlachta\u00ed bainist\u00edochta, tuismitheoir\u00ed, an Chomhairle N\u00e1isi\u00fanta Curaclaim agus Meas\u00fanachta agus an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna.<\/p>\n
“B\u00edodh is go bhfuil g\u00e9argh\u00e1 le leas\u00fa ar an tsraith sh\u00f3isearach, t\u00e1 an Gradam \u00e1 thabhairt isteach diaidh ar ndiaidh thar roinnt blianta \u00f3 mh\u00ed Mhe\u00e1n F\u00f3mhair 2014 amach. T\u00e1im me\u00e1ite ar an nGradam nua a thabhairt isteach ar luas a fh\u00e1gfaidh deis ag scoileanna, scol\u00e1ir\u00ed agus m\u00fainteoir\u00ed na hathruithe seo a nead\u00fa.<\/p>\n
“T\u00e1 seal ama caillte againn thar na m\u00edonna beaga anuas ach t\u00e1im muin\u00edneach go mbeidh an gr\u00fapa seo ina phointe f\u00f3cais do phl\u00e9 br\u00edoch, \u00e9ifeachtach sa chaoi go rachfar i ngleic le h\u00e1bhair bhuartha dlisteanacha agus go mbeifear in ann dul ar aghaidh leis an bhfeidhmi\u00fa,” ad\u00fairt an tAire.
\n“Deis \u00e9 seo ag na comhph\u00e1irtithe go l\u00e9ir dul i gcion ar fhorbairt agus fheidhmi\u00fa an leasaithe ar an tsraith sh\u00f3isearach agus t\u00e1im tiomanta go hioml\u00e1n do thortha\u00ed na caibidl\u00edochta ag an Meitheal Oibre a chur san \u00e1ireamh,” ad\u00fairt an tAire mar fhocal scoir.<\/p>\n
T\u00e1 curaclam reatha na Sraithe S\u00f3iseara\u00ed ar bun le 25 bliain gan aon leas\u00fa bun\u00fasach a bheith d\u00e9anta air. T\u00e1 fianaise dhosheachanta ann nach bhfuil s\u00e9 ag f\u00f3namh ar roinnt de na daoine \u00f3ga mar go bhfuil l\u00edon suntasach de lucht na c\u00e9ad bliana ann nach bhfuil ag dul chun cinn sna heochair-r\u00e9ims\u00ed foghlama: an B\u00e9arla agus an Mata.<\/p>\n
T\u00e1 fianaise ann freisin go bhfuil scol\u00e1ir\u00ed ag ‘lascadh as’ sa dara bliain agus is minic nach gcromann siad ariamh eile ar an bhfoghlaim; agus b\u00edonn taith\u00ed na tr\u00ed\u00fa bliana faoi cheannas na n-ullmh\u00fach\u00e1n do scr\u00faduithe an Teastais Sh\u00f3isearaigh agus b\u00edonn s\u00ed caolaithe acu.<\/p>\n
Rachfar i ngleic leis na fadhbanna seo leis an nGradam nua agus d\u00e9anfar deimhin de go dtiocfaidh scol\u00e1ir\u00ed chun bheith ina nd\u00e9ag\u00f3ir\u00ed eolasacha agus ina saor\u00e1naigh a bhfuil ar a gcumas an gealladh at\u00e1 iontu a fh\u00edor\u00fa.<\/p>\n
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