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'Transition Year' ('TY') is an optional one-year programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in the Republic of Ireland and is intended to make the senior cycle a three year programme encompassing both Transition Year and Leaving CertificateCircular M31/93, Department of Education, Ireland, 1993. Transition Year was created as a result of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress which called for a six-year cycle of post-primary education[1]. The mission statement of the Transition Year is:
:''To promote the personal, social, educational and vocational development of pupils and to prepare them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society.''[2]
Transition Year was introduced as a pilot project in September 1974, however it was not until September 1994 that the programme was introduced mainstream. Transition Year is not examined, but rather is assessed, and is intended to be a broad educational experience which assists in the transition from the school environment by encouraging creativity and responsibility for oneself. Approximately 75% of second-level schools offer the programme[3] and it consists of both education and work experience. Schools generally set admissions criteria and design the programme based on local needs in accordance with departmental guidelines. It is also said that if students opt to do TY then their Leaving Certificate results could increase. It also gives students great confidence within themselves that they tought they never had.
1. Programme for Economic and Social Progress, Government of Ireland, Dublin, 1991
2. Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools, Department of Education and Science, Ireland, 2004
3. Oasis - Information on Public Services, The Transition Year (accessed April 2006)
★ NCTE - Transition Year Curriculum Support Service
'Transition Year' ('TY') is an optional one-year programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in the Republic of Ireland and is intended to make the senior cycle a three year programme encompassing both Transition Year and Leaving CertificateCircular M31/93, Department of Education, Ireland, 1993. Transition Year was created as a result of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress which called for a six-year cycle of post-primary education[1]. The mission statement of the Transition Year is:
:''To promote the personal, social, educational and vocational development of pupils and to prepare them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society.''[2]
Transition Year was introduced as a pilot project in September 1974, however it was not until September 1994 that the programme was introduced mainstream. Transition Year is not examined, but rather is assessed, and is intended to be a broad educational experience which assists in the transition from the school environment by encouraging creativity and responsibility for oneself. Approximately 75% of second-level schools offer the programme[3] and it consists of both education and work experience. Schools generally set admissions criteria and design the programme based on local needs in accordance with departmental guidelines. It is also said that if students opt to do TY then their Leaving Certificate results could increase. It also gives students great confidence within themselves that they tought they never had.
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References
1. Programme for Economic and Social Progress, Government of Ireland, Dublin, 1991
2. Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools, Department of Education and Science, Ireland, 2004
3. Oasis - Information on Public Services, The Transition Year (accessed April 2006)
External links
★ NCTE - Transition Year Curriculum Support Service
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