1.

Education

2.	The Irish education system

2.1	Compulsory education

2.2	School uniform

3.	Primary education

3.1	National schools

3.2

Gaelscoil

3.3	Multidenominational schools

4.	Secondary education

4.1	The Junior Cycle

4.2	The Transition Year

4.3	The Senior Cycle

5.	Further education

6.	Gaeltacht area

7.

Grading

“Secondary education
Most children attend secondary education between the ages of 12 to 18. After the Junior Cycle an exam is taken, it is called the Junior Certificate and after the Senior Cycle there is a Leaving Certificate exam, which is an Irish equivalent to our graduation exam. Secondary schools are usually sex-separated, actually in the whole Republic of Ireland, there are only three secondary schools, where boys and girls can study together. I think that it is due to the strong role of religion in Ireland, because nearly 95 percent of inhabitants are Christians.
• The Junior Cycle ends with the Junior Certificate Examination. The Junior Certificate Examination is taken after three years of study and not before fourteen years of age. It is the end of compulsory school attendance, but the majority of students continue to study.
• The Transition Year is a special one-year course. The content of this year usually depends on individual school, because the aim of this year is to place the children in some work opportunities. This is due to the fact that they can experience something they would like to do in their future life, for example, they can work in the hospital as an administrative assistant, or they can work in a shop… The Department of Education launched this special year not only to provide children with a good experience in working process, but also, it is said, that if they experience the real job when they are 15 years old, they will decide to continue studying as long as they can. Because still they can decide to leave school, because they finished the compulsory education with the Junior Certificate exam.
• The Senior Cycle builds on the junior cycle and finishes with the Leaving Certificate Examination. The Leaving Certificate Examination is taken after at least two years of study after the Junior Certificate Examination. The Senior Cycle is different to the previous education, because students can organise their time and they can choose only 6 subjects to attend, and later on they pass the Leaving Certificate in these six subjects. And these subjects can be higher or ordinary level. This is on one hand very good, because students are well prepared for the Leaving certificate exam, and they don’t have to study „useless subjects“, but on the other hand, the don’t have general knowledge in many fields..."

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