Leaving Cert pupils to study politics and society

A new Leaving Certificate subject, called politics and society, has been launched as part of a pilot scheme, which will be introduced to the second-level curriculum by 2018.

More than 40 schools have signed up for the pilot, which was launched yesterday by Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan at a meeting in Limerick, organised by the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment.

Ms O’Sullivan said she had received the backing of the two teaching unions, Asti and the TUI, to introduce the subject.