These guidelines has been prepared under the direction of the Curriculum Committee for Social, Environmental and Scientific Education established by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
| Chairpersons | Michael Dee | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Angela Griffin (from 1995) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Helen Kennedy-Martin (to 1995) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| Committee members | Br Thomas Costello | Teaching Brothers' Association / Association of Primary Teaching Sisters |
| | Peadar Cremin | Management of Colleges of Education |
| | Margie Cullen | National Parents Council - Primary |
| | Marie Danaswamy (to 1995) | National Parents Council - Primary |
| | Henry Goff Irish | National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Teresa Farry (from 1996) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | David Fitzgerald | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Angela Griffin | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Kathleen Horgan (to 1996) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Jim Hourihane | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Siobhán Hurley | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Helen Kennedy-Martin | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Frankie McGrath (to 1995) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | James Malseed | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| | Sheelagh Morrow | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| | Patrick Murchan | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Éamonn Ó Breacáin | Department of Education and Science |
| | Tomás Ó Briain | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Colm Ó Ceallacháin | Department of Education and Science |
| | Micheál Ó Cinnéide
(from 1995) | National Parents Council - Primary |
| | Micheál Ó Mathúna | Department of Education and Science |
| | Sr Mairéad Rabbitte | Association of Primary Teaching Sisters / Teaching Brothers' Association |
| | Brian Tubbert | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| Education officers | Harold Hislop | |
| | Carmel O'Doherty | |