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Education
Transfer test: ‘We can’t wait for all them to be over’
I don't know who was more nervous — Jack, his dad or me.
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Inside Education
Dialogue is vital ‘to bring an end to transfer chaos’
Monday, 16 November 2009
Political agreement is vital to restore order to the school transfer process
in Northern Ireland, it was claimed today.
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Anti-bullying message taken to schools
Monday, 16 November 2009
Almost 700 primary, post-primary and special schools across Northern Ireland
will be marking Anti-Bullying Week from today with a range of events and
initiatives.
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Students can help economy thrive again
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Students from Northern Regional College (NRC) have been told that their role
in Northern Ireland’s economic growth will be more crucial than ever in the
near future.
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Testing day for 7,000 children as new entrance exams begin
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Over 7,000 children are entering into the unknown today to sit the first paper
of new entrance exams.
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Experts offer ten ways to resolve the transfer muddle
Friday, 13 November 2009
Ten education experts today issued a hard-hitting message to Caitriona Ruane
calling on her to sort out the school transfer crisis.
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Parties tight-lipped over transfer talks
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The four parties involved in weekly talks in a bid to resolve the school
transfer stalemate are remaining tight-lipped on the outcome of their
discussions this week.
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DUP desperate to keep selection: Sinn Fein
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Sinn Fein has accused the DUP of wanting to retain academic selection “at any
cost” — including falling standards of achievement in the Protestant
community.
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Graduations: Belfast Metropolitan College
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
More than 440 students were today due to graduate from Belfast Metropolitan
College at a ceremony in the Spires Conference Centre in Belfast.
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Legal letters from education officials ‘add to test chaos’
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The Department of Education has been accused of creating more problems for
children sitting new unregulated entrance tests after a series of letters
were sent to schools warning them of potential legal pitfalls associated
with the tests.
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University of Ulster plan to make Belfast its base is thrown into doubt
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The University of Ulster’s multi-million pound plan to centralise in Belfast
was in doubt today after the Employment and Learning Minister raised serious
concerns over funding for the project.
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Education divide ‘greater than before test scrapped’
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The inequalities in education are now greater than they were prior to the
scrapping of the 11-plus test, it has been claimed.
Comments: 3
Announcement due from political talks on transfers
Monday, 9 November 2009
A significant announcement is expected to be made later this week as a result
of ongoing political talks on school transfer sparked by the Belfast
Telegraph’s Sit Down, Sort it Out campiagn.
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Transfer talks making progress, say parties
Thursday, 5 November 2009
A strong level of consensus and progress is being made during talks on school
transfer involving the Alliance Party, DUP, SDLP and Ulster Unionists.
Comments: 4
Ruane could face legal challenge in transfer stand-off
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Education Minister Caitriona Ruane could face a legal challenge if she ignored
an agreed Assembly decision on the way forward for the schools transfer
system, the DUP has warned.
Comments: 4
Education boards shell out £8m a year on taxis
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Almost £8m is being spent every year on taxis by Northern Ireland’s five
education and library boards, it has been revealed.
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Education Minister rejects calls to enter talks on transfer issue
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Education Minister Caitriona Ruane has rejected calls to join cross-party
talks on school transfer tests, branding them an attempt to save academic
selection.
Comments: 13
25 schools hit by swine flu
Friday, 30 October 2009
Twenty five schools in Northern Ireland have been hit with swine flu outbreaks
since the start of the new term, health officials revealed yesterday.
Comment: 1
Fresh error hits results of pupils’ evaluations
Thursday, 29 October 2009
A computer error in primary school assessment results led to teachers being
given false information about the performance of their pupils.
Comments: 7
Anguish over schools turmoil
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The chaotic transfer process has caused bewilderment and anguish for parents
and placed primary principals at the centre of a tug of war between the
Education Minister and the grammar sector, it has been claimed.
Comments: 15
Should Northern Ireland end selection at age of 11 ... and make it 14 instead?
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The bitter political impasse on what should replace the 11-plus could be
resolved by moving the age of selection from 11 to 14.
Comments: 18
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