Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Committee on Public Petitions
English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Ms Rita Sexton:
I wish to add to my colleague's comments. The junior cycle framework meant quite significant reform within schools. As the English examination has been through the first cohort of students, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, is undertaking a review of it and how the process worked out. That is under way at present. There is a public consultation element and focus groups with teachers so it will take account of all aspects of the junior cycle English in terms of the content, examination experience and experience of the classroom based assessment.