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Junior Cert should not be axed just to save money
The report that the Government is considering abolishing the Junior Certificate exam just to save money is alarming.
Junior Cert should not be axed just to save money
The report that the Government is considering abolishing the Junior Certificate exam just to save money is alarming. While abolishing the exam will save €30 million each year, this decision could have a tremendous cost on the quality of education for our young people, said Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett.
Mayo students highly commended at Young Scientist exhibition
Mayo students took home two highly commended awards at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in the RDS Dublin.
One Mayo school has 100 per cent of students continue to third level
The latest list of feeder schools to third level education published this week shows that the numbers of students who sit their Leaving Certificate and go on to third level education is still very high. One school in the county, St Gerald’s College, Castlebar, had 98 students sit the Leaving Cert in 2009, and according to the report 100 per cent of them went on to third level with NUI Galway the top choice for those students, with 28 going there.
‘We’re keeping the name’ — College brand to be unchanged despite NUI abolition
NUI Galway is unlikely to change its name despite yesterday’s announcement of the dissolution of the National University of Ireland, according to the university’s president Dr Jim Browne.
