Context
NCCA advises the Minister for Education on curriculum and assessment for early childhood education, for primary and post-primary schools. As part of the broader reform of Senior Cycle, it is envisaged that a new specification for Climate Action and Sustainable Development will be introduced into schools on a phased basis from September 2025. The Development Group for Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development will have a key role in this work. The Group will include nominees of the education partners, the Department of Education and other key education agencies.
The first phase of developing the specification involves convening of a development group and a consultation on the background paper. You can find out more about this below.
The Draft Specification for Leaving Certificate Climate Action & Sustainable Development has been approved for public consultation.
The consultation on the draft specification has now closed.
The feedback from this consultation will help to inform the work of the Development Group for Leaving Certificate Climate Action & Sustainable Development in refining the draft specification prior to final approval and publication.
The first step in the development of Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development was the development of a Background paper and brief for the development of the subject.
A public consultation on the Background Paper and brief took place from 5th of September 2022 to 28th October 2022 and a report on the consultation was published in December 2022.
The development group for Leaving Certificate Climate Action & Sustainable Development was convened on September 27th 2022 and will progress the development of a new specification guided by the brief and the findings of the consultation on the Background paper.
Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development will be developed to support the realisation of the purpose and vision for a redeveloped senior cycle as set out in the Senior Cycle Review: Advisory Report (NCCA, 2022). The guiding principles, as described in the Advisory Report, provide a touchstone for the Development Group as they undertake the task of preparing a curriculum specification for Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development.
Agreed short descriptions of meetings that have taken place so far, can be accessed below:
- Meeting 1: 27th September 2022
- Meeting 2: 26th October 2022
- Meeting 3: 16th November 2022
- Meeting 4: 12th December 2022
- Meeting 5: 20th January 2023
- Meeting 6: 8th February 2023
- Meeting 7: 8th March 2023
- Meeting 8: 30th March 2023
- Meeting 9: 24th April 2023
- Meeting 10: 26th May 2023
- Meeting 11: 14th September 2023
- Meeting 12: 13th October 2023
- Meeting 13: 8th November 2023
- Meeting 14: 8th December 2023
- Meeting 15: 11th December 2023