Ireland
In Ireland, children aged between 4–6 years begin attending primary school. There are eight different 'grades'. Participation is compulsory. This is the first of 14 prescribed years of formal education from a standardised curriculum set by the Department of Education.
| Class | Age |
|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 4-5 |
| Senior Infants | 5-7 |
| 1st Class | 6-8 |
| 2nd Class | 7-9 |
| 3rd Class | 8-10 |
| 4th Class | 9-11 |
| 5th Class | 10-12 |
| 6th Class | 11-13 |
Read more about this topic: Primary School
Famous quotes containing the word ireland:
“In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment on the human subject. I hope it may prove successful.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)
“Out of Ireland have we come,
Great hatred, little room
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic’s heart.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)