asked the Minister for Education, in regard to the junior certificate: (1) the number of copies of the new handbook which are being supplied to each school and to each teacher and (2) the number of copies of the recently issued new syllabus for (a) Italian, (b) English, (c) History, (d) Spanish, (e) Geography, (f) Business Studies and (g) Irish that have been issued to each school and to each teacher.
Written Answers. - Junior Certificate.
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Two copies of the guidelines for teachers are being sent to the authorities of post-primary schools with a request that they be brought to the attention of the teachers concerned. It is also intended that further copies of these guidelines will be made available to all teachers attending the national inservice course being organised for November 1989.
Two copies of the new syllabuses referred to were also issued to the authorities of post-primary schools for the information of the teachers concerned.