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 revised Transition Year Programme Statement will be developed and available for schools from early 2024. The Development Group for Transition Year 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 Transition Year Programme Statement is being redeveloped to support the realisation of the purpose and vision for a redeveloped senior cycle as set out the Senior Cycle Review: Advisory Report (NCCA, 2022). The guiding principles, as described in the Advisory Report, provide a touchstone for the task of developing a revised TY Programme Statement.
As part of the development of a revised TY Programme Statement, a Background Paper and brief for the review and revision of the Transition Year Programme Statement was developed. This background paper was approved by Council on November 8th, 2022.
A public consultation on the background paper took place from November 10th to December 22nd, 2022 and the report on the consultation of the background paper and brief for the review and revision of the TY Programme Statement was approved in February 2023.
The development group for the revised TY Programme Statement was convened on November 16th. Following their induction, the group had its first meeting. The work of the development group will then continue into 2023, with short descriptions available outlining the progress of each meeting.
Induction and Meeting 1: November 16th, 2022
Meeting 2 : January 19th, 2023
Meeting 3 : February 21st, 2023
Meeting 4 : March 7th, 2023
Meeting 5 : March 22nd, 2023
Meeting 6 : April 25th, 2023