Junior Cycle

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post-primary education programme stage of education

The Junior Cycle is the first three-year stage of post-primary education in Ireland, culminating in state examinations typically taken by students around age 15.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Junior Certificate	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	post-primary education programme ⓘ stage of education ⓘ
administeredBy	Department of Education (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ State Examinations Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
assessmentType	school-based assessment ⓘ state examinations ⓘ
coreSubject	Civic, Social and Political Education NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Geography ⓘ History ⓘ Irish (for most students) ⓘ Mathematics ⓘ Religious Education (in most schools) ⓘ Science ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
credentialAwarded	Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ
culminatesIn	state examinations ⓘ
duration	three years ⓘ
educationLevel	lower secondary education ⓘ
educationStageNumber	first stage of post-primary education in Ireland ⓘ
focusesOn	key skills development ⓘ wellbeing ⓘ
follows	primary education in Ireland ⓘ
hasComponent	Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ classroom-based assessments ⓘ final written examinations ⓘ oral examinations (in some subjects) ⓘ practical examinations (in some subjects) ⓘ
implementedFrom	mid-2010s ⓘ
includesSubjectArea	arts education ⓘ business studies ⓘ modern foreign languages ⓘ technology subjects ⓘ
introduced	2014 reform framework ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
partOf	Irish post-primary education system ⓘ
policyFramework	Framework for Junior Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Senior Cycle ⓘ
replaced	Junior Certificate programme (legacy structure) NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAgeGroup	lower teenagers ⓘ
typicalCompletionRequirement	three years of full-time study GENERATED ⓘ
typicalEndAge	15 GENERATED ⓘ
typicalStartAge	12 ⓘ
typicalYearGroup	1st year GENERATED ⓘ 2nd year GENERATED ⓘ 3rd year GENERATED ⓘ
usedForProgressionTo	Senior Cycle programmes in Ireland ⓘ

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Leaving Certificate → follows → Junior Cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Junior Certificate