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THE PROGRAMMES

St Eunan’s offers three different programmes at Senior Cycle. Students may take Transition year or go directly into either of the two Leaving Certificate programmes. The two Leaving Cert programmes are distinct two year courses. The first is the traditional Leaving Certificate and involves taking seven subjects for the purposes of the Leaving Cert examination, along with non-exam subjects already referred to at junior level. The second programme, the Leaving Certificate Applied suits students who do not wish to go on to the academic Leaving Certificate.

TRANSITION YEAR

Transition Year has a number of advantages for the student. The programme promotes personal, social, educational and vocational development. The programme offers the students a new and varied range of subjects. It gives space for the pupil to learn, mature and develop in the absence of examination pressure. This year provides a bridge to help students make the transition from a highly structured environment to one where they will take greater responsibility for their own learning and decision making. An extra year of maturing is given to the students before choices for the Leaving Cert have to be made.

THE AIMS FOR THE YEAR ARE THREEFOLD

Education for maturity with the emphasis on personal development
including social awareness and increased social competence

The promotion of general, technical and academic skills with an emphasis
on interdisciplinary and self-directed learning

Education through experience of adult and working life as a basis for
personal development and maturity

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