Educational case for Junior Cycle change not properly established - TUI

By piofficer, Monday, 25th November 2013 | 0 comments

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) had its third in a sequence of bilateral meetings with the Department of Education and Skills on proposed Junior Cycle reform this morning.

Speaking  after the meeting, TUI Genera Secretary John MacGabhann said:

‘We made clear to the Department today that we have serious concerns over the credibility and integrity of school based assessments. We also believe that small schools or schools in communities worst hit by the recession could be particularly disadvantaged in the proposed new process.

Above all, we are challenging the false assumption that such significant and far-reaching reform can be implemented in circumstances where schools are denied the teaching and time resources that would be absolutely necessary.

We also believe that the changes cannot be implemented in the manner and timeframe suggested by the Department.’
 

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