Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the NCCA designed senior cycle physical education application will be made available to schools, teachers and students to commence teaching the new senior cycle physical education curriculum; and if the new cycle is scheduled to commence in September 2020. [8433/20]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The Senior Cycle Physical Education Framework is available to all schools to support the planning of quality non-examinable physical education in senior cycle.

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) completed the initial design of a mobile application as a resource to support students learning through the Senior Cycle Physical Education Framework. It is intended that a small scale pilot to evaluate the functionality and effectiveness of the application will be carried out. However, following the announcement of the closure of schools and the range of other measures aimed at addressing the spread of COVID-19 it has not being possible to progress this work with schools at this time.

Use of the application is not mandatory nor is it required to access the Senior Cycle Physical Education Framework. It is a new and innovative digital resource that will assist with the teaching and learning of the Framework. Further details on the application will be made available as soon as possible.