Education Committee to discuss second level curriculum from third level viewpoint

A number of organisations with an interest in education will attend the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills tomorrow, Thursday, 2 December, to discuss the second level curriculum from a third level viewpoint.

Among the issues to be discussed are: how well does the curriculum at second level prepare students for college and how would they assess the Leaving Cert as a gateway to college?

Organisations attending the meeting include:

Irish Universities Association;
Higher Education Authority;
Union of Students in Ireland;
Teachers Union of Ireland;
Irish Federation of University Teachers;
Irish Business and Employers Confederation; and
Institutes of Technology Ireland.

This meeting will take place in Committee Room 2, Leinster House at 10am tomorrow, Thursday, 2 December.

This Committee can be viewed on-line

For further information please contact:

Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2

P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551
E: ciaran.brennan@oireachtas.ie