Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 8312527)

..it's a really bad connection between the curriculum and UCAS or the Irish equivalent, and needs addressing really...if exams are forced and therefore going to use up a student's, timetable, time and preparations, then there should be the points attached to them...

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 8312624)

Points in Junior Cert don't go towards Uni places though, it's only points in the Leaving Cert that do yet unless things have massively changed. I can't see that there will be much study attached to RE it's more writing your thoughts on a given subject and debating which one could argue compliments English writing skills, you need yeti move to the UK I think Niamh, is RE compulsory for the leaving cert?

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 8312637)

Points in Junior Cert don't go toward Uni places but the grades you get in JC decide what classes and what Level you do in Leaving cert. RE is compulsory in my daughters school but I think it depends on the school itself to decide that. I'm not sure what the story is with Leaving cert exams in it, I must find out though

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 8312678)

If it is on a school by school basis then you could bring it up at the next governors meeting? the problem with withdrawing from a lesson is that staff need to be found to cover the withdrawn students if the lesson were used as a study period, timetables and class sizes might preclude the student from joining another class going on at the same time.