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History
Junior Certificate
Overview
Junior cycle framework
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- Acronym
- JC
- Administrator
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the State Examinations Commission
- Annual number of test takers
- 71,494 (2023)
- Duration
- ~ 2 weeks
- Fee
- €109 (2026)
- Languages
- English, Irish, other EU languages
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Overview
- Irish Irish language
- Republic of Ireland
- Department of Education and Youth
- State Examinations Commission
- Primary education
- Cheque
- Visual Art Art
- Classical Studies
- Music (Listening, Composing & General Study) Music
- Religious education
- Geography
- Home Economics
- Wood Technology Woodworking
- Engineering Metalworking
- Graphics Technical drawing
- Typewriting
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
History
- Voluntary secondary schools Voluntary secondary school
- Boarding schools Boarding school
- Vocational schools Vocational school
- History
- Civic, Social, and Political Education Civic, Social and Political Education
- Continuous assessment
- Teaching to the test
- Ruairi Quinn
- Jan O'Sullivan
- Fianna Fáil
- Fine Gael
- Labour Labour Party (Ireland)
Junior Certificate
- Ireland
- Leaving Certificate Leaving Certificate (Ireland)
- English English studies
- Aural exams Aural
- Superintendent Exam invigilator
- The Irish Times
- Leaving Certificate Irish Leaving Certificate
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Leaving Certificate Applied
Junior cycle framework
- Dyslexia
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism-spectrum disorder
- National Framework of Qualifications
Transition year
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Junior Cycle
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Important terminology
junior certificate irish cycle students education english subjects year examination school examinations schools new years first ireland results exam assessment
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Cycle | Acronym | JC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Administrator | National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the State Examinations Commission | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Annual number of test takers | 71,494 (2023) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Duration | ~ 2 weeks | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Fee | €109 (2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Languages | English, Irish, other EU languages | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Offered | Once a year | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Prerequisites | At least 12 years of age on year of admission and must have completed primary education | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Purpose | To provide a well-balanced, general education to students who wish to enter on more advanced courses of study | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Type | Digital / Oral / Written-based | 1.00 | infobox |
| Junior Cycle | Website | ncca.ie/en/junior-cycle/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD | instance of | or other disorders | 0.80 | text |
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