Transition Year
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Transition Year (TY) is an optional one-year programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate of the Republic of Ireland and is intended to make the senior cycle a three year programme encompassing both Transition Year and Leaving Certificate[1]. 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[2]. The mission statement[3] 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.
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 ones self. Approximately 75% of second-level schools offer the programme[4] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Circular M31/93, Department of Education, Ireland, 1993
- ^ Programme for Economic and Social Progress, Government of Ireland, Dublin, 1991
- ^ Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools, Department of Education and Science, Ireland, 2004
- ^ Oasis - Information on Public Services, The Transition Year (accessed April 2006)
