Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:533 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education if she will make home economics a mandatory subject for all junior certificate pupils.
Written Answers. - Junior Certificate Curriculum.
I have no plans at present to make Home Economics a mandatory subject for all junior certificate pupils.
The Green Paper on Education deals in some detail with the appropriate content of the junior cycle programme. Definitive decisions in this regard will be taken following consideration of the views of the various interested parties.