Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time-scale for the implementation of the curricular change to meet skills needs and ensuring a broader range of educational opportunities for the increased numbers of students attending agricultural colleges as agreed in the programme for Government 2007 with the Agricultural Science Teachers Association; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10157/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government detailed the introduction of a new syllabus for Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science. Work on the revised syllabus for Agricultural Science has largely been completed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). However, the assessment arrangements for the revised syllabus have not yet been finalised as they will have to be considered in the context of the assessment of other senior cycle science subjects, including the introduction of a second assessment component.

Question No. 391 answered with Question No. 365.