Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 18/03/2011. Tags: Secondary School News Teachers News
Secondary school education in Ireland could be set for a major overhaul.
Language Commissioner Sean O Cuirreain stated that the teaching of Irish in the
education system could be divided up into two different strands, reports the Irish Independent.
He explained that one of these would be a communications course, with emphasis on writing, reading and speaking Irish, while the other could focus on literature, poetry and drama.
Speaking at the launch of his annual report in Galway, Mr O Cuirreain pointed out that like maths and applied maths, this would count as two separate courses.
"We could have a similar system where everybody would leave school with a basic command of the language, enough where they could watch TG4 or read a newspaper or order a pizza," he said.
This comes shortly after proposals to make Irish an optional
Leaving Certificate subject were opposed by a majority in a poll conducted by the Irish Independent and Millward Brown Lansdowne.
Written by Donal Walsh
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Kevin Sheedy
(25-03-2011 15:30)
A facebook page on the issue:
http://www.facebook.com/OptionalIrishLeavingCert