Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 November 2021
258. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the additional resources made available by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for leaving certificate politics and society students and teachers following the addition of 17 key thinkers to the ordinary level syllabus in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56764/21]
View answerThe National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has plans to develop additional resources to support the changes made to the Leaving Certificate Politics and Society curriculum. The time for the development of these resources, which were planned to be published in the second quarter of this year, has been impacted by the requirement to assign a number of NCCA staff to the Health Service Executive (HSE) on a temporary basis, to form part of a dedicated Public Health Team, comprised of public health officials and members with educational expertise and experience, established in each of the HSE eight regions.
I can confirm that the NCCA are currently liaising with colleagues in the Professional Development Services for Teachers (PDST) support service and the resources will be made available before the end of 2021.
