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Students take a number of compulsory subjects, some of which are non-examination. Junior certificate students must also choose two optional subjects and must do a foreign language of their choice. Leaving certificate students must choose four optional subjects and do not have to do a foreign language although the school heavily recommends it.
Secondary schools are obliged to have at least 28 hours of tuition time per week. Most schools have 40-minute class periods, however an increasing number of schools have adopted 60-minute classes to make timetabling easier for teachers and students. The school day generally starts between 08:20 and 09:00 and usually ends between 15:20 and 16:00.
Students can now receive grades for sport, dance and other activities. It was first implemented in September 2018 for incoming Fifth Year students and was first examined in 2020. [11] Computer Science [12] was introduced from September 2018 at 40 secondary schools. From September 2020 it was available to all schools in Ireland. [13]
Also deriving from the Education and Training Boards Act, [7] Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) [8] was established in 2013, replacing the Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA). ETBI is the national representative association for the sixteen ETBs, and works to protect, promote and enhance the interests of vocational education ...
School name English name equivalent Location County Ref. Ardscoil Naomh Maolmhaodhóg St Malachy's High School Castlewellan: Down [1] Coláiste Chaitríona St Catherine's College Armagh: Armagh [2] Coláiste Feirste: N/A Belfast: Antrim [3] Gaelcholáiste Dhoire N/A Dungiven: Londonderry [4] Scoil Iósaef: St Joseph's Grammar School Dungannon ...
John Scottus secondary school is a private fee paying school co-educational school. The secondary school curriculum includes subjects such as Latin, Classics and Greek alongside the more traditional Leaving Certificate curriculum. The school offers bursaries and scholarships to sixth class students going into secondary school that cover up to ...
Greenhills College (Irish: Coláiste na gCnoc Glas) is a secondary school situated on Limekiln Avenue, Greenhills in South Dublin. It accommodates Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students and offers the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme to its students. It is run by the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ...
Transition Year (TY) (Irish: Idirbhliain) is an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Cycle in Ireland.However, depending on school population and funding it may not be available, and in other schools it is compulsory.