Lord Mayor hits out at decision to drop history from the junior cert curriculumTHE LORD Mayor of Cork has written to the Minister for Education urging him to backtrack on the controversial decision to drop history as a core subject on the junior cert curriculum. Cllr Mick Finn described the removal of history from the curriculum as ‘a devastating blow to knowledge and understanding’ in Ireland. From this year, history is no longer a compulsory element of the curriculum, with schools given the option to provide other subjects instead. Mr Finn has now added his voice to the calls, writing to the Education Minister Richard Bruton urging him to review the decision. The Lord Mayor has written to Education Minister Richard Bruton asking him to review this decision.

Source: Evening echo September 07, 2018 15:33 UTC