Education reforms - Hanafin must move from talk to walk

THE Government’s chief educational advisers have seriously questioned the commitment of Education Minister Mary Hanafin to changing and modernising the Leaving Certificate curriculum.

Anne Looney, chief executive of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, (NCCA) has written to Ms Hanafin, informing her of the critical views expressed by members of the council at its June meeting.

The NCCA is uneasy about persistent delays in modernising the curriculum for art and a number of new technological subjects, recommended over a year ago but still awaiting departmental approval.