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The ‘special core status’ of history within the reformed Junior Cycle will impact other subjects, short courses, and areas of learning within the curriculum, Education Minister Joe McHugh is expected to hear today.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2019

Principals call for oral exams to be held during Easter holidays

PRINCIPALS want Easter holidays extended by a week for students to take oral and practical exams but they remain opposed to Leaving Cert exams on a Saturday in May, a conference heard yesterday.

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SOME second-level schools are taking an unfair share of children with special needs who are being sent there by neighbouring principals, Education Minister Mary Hanafin claimed yesterday.

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