Advantages of Transition Year
Transition Year could be considered to be a year for maturity and development. Activities such as work experience, mountain climbing, and mini-company encourage growth and teamwork within the student body.
New skills will also be learned through a 28 week skill programme where the student must learn a new skill such as playing a new instrument or learning a life skill such as sign language.
The student can try out a wide variety of different subjects which can help him/her decide which ones he/she wants to study for the Leaving Certificate.
It is also said that if students opt to do TY then their Leaving Certificate results could increase. It can give students previously unknown confidence within themselves.
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