IASTA Submission to the Oireachtas
In October 2021, IASTA made a submission to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. In the submission we…
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Flawed Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science Syllabus Examined for the First Time
The Executive of IASTA have today issued the following press release: A new Agricultural Science syllabus that has caused great distress to teachers and…
SEC Release Leaving Certificate Sample Papers
The State Examinations Commission have released sample papers for both Ordinary & Higher Level Agricultural Science, examining the new specifications for the first time in…
IIS Brief 2022
The State Examinations Commission have released details of the Individual Investigative Study brief for 2022 (for the current 5th year cohort). The full brief can…
IASTA & Farmers’ Journal Case Studies 2020 – Meet the Farmers
IASTA have continued their long relationship with the Farmers’ Journal & Agriaware again this year, producing our successful series of Study Guide. This year, we…
New Guidelines for Individual Investigative Study
The State Examinations Commission have published revised guidelines for the completion of the Individual Investigative Study (IIS) in Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science 2021. The revised…
IASTA Statement: Leaving Certificate Assessment 2021
Statement from the Executive of the Irish Agriculture Science Teachers Association Re: 2021 Leaving Certificate. The IASTA Executive feels that the current plans for the…
UCD Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Summer School 2019
The Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Summer School is a one-day event which is taking place on Thursday 6th June and is intended for fifth-year students as a taster…
PDST Spring Workshops
The PDST have announced dates and venues for their Spring CPD Workshops. These seminars will give teachers an opportunity to explore the new Agricultural Science…
Annual Conference 2019 – Save the Date!
We are delighted to announce that the IASTA Annual Conference will take place on the weekend of March 1st and 2nd 2019 at UCD Lyons…