Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Committee on Public Petitions
English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion
1:30 pm
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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That hits the nail on the head. The Department had been under pressure to say it did not want the exam to be a pressure cooker situation for young students and that it wanted to elicit creativity. If it had maintained the time limit, students might have the opportunity to realise that ambition. The committee could revert to the Department on that point.