Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, and the Government, remain committed to a reimagined senior cycle of education where the student is at the centre and where students are prepared for the modern world of work and the modern world in which they live. The decision to defer the move of paper 1 to fifth year was done following reflection on the views provided by stakeholders in answering a call for clarity from students. The Minister has decided to defer the change in the scheduling of paper 1. Taking this step now will facilitate teachers in their planning for the coming school year. Although there are no changes to the syllabus or the principle of integrating language and literature, the additional time will facilitate enhanced planning for the introduction of remodelled papers and the sequencing of the methodologies and approaches to support teaching, learning and assessment.

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