Reforms to curriculum need ‘urgent’ implementation

WHILE more than 57,000 students celebrated their Junior Certificate yesterday, debate continued to rage about the adequacy of the curriculum.

Fine Gael education spokesperson Olwyn Enright called on Education Minister Mary Hanafin and the Government to implement long overdue reforms suggested in the 2002 Task Force on Physical Sciences.

While most subjects showed results in keeping with previous years, trends in French and geography showed high failure rates.