Education
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Special educational needs: systemic failures
There are “systemic failures” in the provision of help for children with special educational needs according to Northern Ireland’s Children’s…
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Teaching Irish History: A reply to recent criticism
Alan McCully, a member of the History Teachers Association of Northern Ireland (HTANI) and formerly a Senior Lecturer in Education…
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Gaeloideachas: Ó neart go neart
Over 50 years on from the founding of Northern Ireland’s first bunscoil and five years on from the founding of…
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The future of transfer tests
Like most things in education, transfer tests have been hit by pandemic-caused delays, but even before Covid-19, the future of…
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The path to inclusive education
In 2006, the UN published a convention that for the first time included the explicit recognition to a child’s right…
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The benefits of shared education
Sharing is becoming an integral part of practice for many schools. Almost 79,000 pupils from across Northern Ireland are involved…
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Special Education Needs: A political perspective
In the absence of an Education Minister, the Department of Education is progressing on a draft framework for Special Education…
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Integration in action
David Whelan talked to Barry Corr, Principal of Seaview Primary School in Glenarm, a school on the verge of becoming…
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Newcomer pupils
The Department of Education is attempting to update their decade old policy around newcomer pupils and how these pupils are…
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Education budgetary outlook
The Education Authority (EA) overspent on its allocated budget by £16.6 million in 2017/18 and this could have been £9.3…
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