Junior Cycle Developments
The work on this phase of the junior cycle developments has reached a point where we can share the general thrust of the advice that has been prepared for the Minister. To find out more on the elements of the advice, watch the short over view presentation. To start the presentation, click on the play button at the bottom of the screen.
The duration of each slide in the presentation is set at 5 seconds. You can control the pace of the slideshow using the play bar at the bottom of the screen. The presentation is available to download below as a PowerPoint file or as a PDF. |
 | Overview presentation.To view the PowerPoint file you will need to have MS PowerPoint installed on your machine. Click on the name of the PowerPoint presentation to open it. |
 | Overview presentationTo view the PDF file you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your machine. This can be freely downloaded from the Adobe website. Click on the name of the PDF file to open it. |
Consultation
The period of consultation on the development of junior cycle education has ended. A large number people, agencies and groups got involved in the consultation by making submissions, attending meetings, completing a short questionnaire or by blogging. This feedback is informing our continuing work in the area of junior cycle. If you want to find out more on the main findings of the consultation activity, take a look at the Summary of the Junior Cycle Consultation Findings . If you would like to read any of the individual submissions on the junior cycle developments, check out the list of submissions received.
Although the junior cycle developments consultation is now closed, you can still access the range of materials from this page to support further discussion on the junior cycle developments – there are video vox pops from schools, a multimedia presentation introducing the key ideas and the paper Innovation and Identity: Ideas for a new Junior Cycle(PDF, 4.4MB). Simply choose the links that best meet your needs.