Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Update on the Draft Curriculum Specifications at Primary Level: Discussion
11:00 am
Ms Arlene Forster:
In the case of the new primary language curriculum introduced in 2019 for all eight classes at primary level, one of the things different about it compared with 1999, which I think is relevant in the case of standards, is that it is an integrated curriculum for the first time. It uses a very similar structure for English and Irish. In the case of Irish, as well as English, we also have T1 and T2 specifications in place for the first time. That also allowed us to-----