Dress rehearsal

The Junior Certificate, no longer a high-stake exam, represents a chance to teach the skill of learning, rather than the skill of taking exams, says Clive Byrne

CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes to the thousands of Junior Certificate students who received their results yesterday.

There is considerable debate about reform of the junior cycle and what it is Ireland wants from its education system. At the moment, what our students experience at junior cycle is falling short of what many of them need.