Do you know the difference between your White Papers and your Green Papers? Can you explain the Proportional Representation voting system?
Well fear not because politics as a subject could soon be put on the secondary school curriculum in Ireland.
A proposed syllabus for the subject is being finalised and will be presented to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn for examination.
It will be up to the Minister whether or not it is included as a subject in the Leaving Cert.
Early drafts of the proposed syllabus include the difference between left wing and right wing politics, globalisation and cultural theory.
Let's take a look at some candidates who could prove to be excellent politics teachers and those who would be lucky to get a pass if they were doing it in the Leaving Cert.
“Ah, come on, what’s Star backwards?”
14 years ago
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For me one of the few politicians consistently up to the mark over the years and coincidently probably the best teacher is Michael D Higgins and good to see him still going strong.
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