Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2004
294 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the procedures for a pupil to proceed to pre-leaving certificate year when the school claims that transition year is compulsory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23245/04]
View answerThe transition year programme is optional for each school. A minority of schools do not offer transition year at all. In others it may be available as an optional programme for some pupils. Some schools, in deciding to offer the programme, require all pupils to take the Programme in accordance with their curriculum provision across the school. In such schools (representing about 30% of the 500 schools offering the programme in the current school year) the programme is compulsory. This decision is made by school management.
If a parent is unhappy with matters concerned with the management of the school he or she may make representations to the principal, the board of management and in the case of a VEC school the local Vocational Education Committee.
