Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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From September 2018, a new specification for Leaving Certificate, Politics and Society, was introduced as a full optional Leaving Certificate subject. Politics and Society aims to develop the learner’s capacity to engage in reflective and active citizenship, informed by the insights and skills of social and p

olitical sciences. Politics and Society is organised in four strands, each structured around key concepts. These are:

• Strand 1 Power and decision-making
• Strand 2 Active citizenship
• Strand 3 Human rights and responsibilities
• Strand 4 Globalisation and localisation

Politics and Society is characterised by an exploration of different ideas about the most appropriate means and ends of human participation in civic, social and political life. Learners take certain issues and look at them in their own local context, then also consider them in a broader context: through this they engage in comparative study. Over the course of their studies, learners engage with a balance of national, European and wider-world contexts and with both qualitative and quantitative data. One of the key objectives of Politics and Society is to develop an understanding of and a respect for human rights and responsibilities, for human dignity and for democratic modes of governance.

Attached is a list of all Post Primary schools in Dublin which currently offer Politics and Society as a subject for the Leaving Certificate. This is based on the number of students registered in the subject in each school in the annual October returns.

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