Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Question:36 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to reviewing the leaving certificate Gaeilge course when the summer 2012 results are issued. [10028/12]
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A revised Leaving Certificate curriculum in Irish began in all schools in September 2010 for first examination in 2012. The revised programme provides for an increase in the proportion of marks available for oral assessment to 40%, and is aimed at promoting a significant shift in emphasis towards Irish as a spoken language, where students can communicate and interact in a spontaneous way, and where Irish is spoken every day in schools. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has been asked to review this syllabus in the light of the experiences of students in the first examination.