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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

Primary seven pupil Mark is congratulated mother Rosemary and father David McLaughlin at Inst Belfast after the first stage of tests held by Grammar schools across Northern Ireland.

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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As 21 year old Eimear McKenna receives her HND in Beauty Therapy at today?s Belfast Metropolitan College Higher Education Ceremony, she already has one successful year of running her own business under her belt

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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