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Post-Primary Selection
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.
Comments: 11
Inside Post-Primary Selection
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.
Comments: 2
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.
Comments: 2
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.
Comments: 3
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
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
Ministers unite to seek transfer talks
Friday, 23 October 2009
Two of Northern Ireland’s Ministers have called for a single item Executive
meeting to take place before the end of November to discuss the thorny issue
of school transfers.
Comments: 5
This transfer chaos is a disgrace. We have to act
Friday, 23 October 2009
We are now morethan two years into this Assembly — two years in which, in
spite of all the promises and rhetoric, people on the ground have become
increasingly disillusioned with devolution's ability to deliver.
Comments: 4
Education Blog: transfer chaos petition notches up 6,000 signatures
Thursday, 22 October 2009
We're delighted to announce today that our petition has topped 6,000
signatures in just four weeks.
Comments: 2
One month until new entrance tests
Saturday, 17 October 2009
There is only one month to go until thousands of P7 pupils sit the first paper
of new independent entrance tests.
Comment: 1
Caitriona Ruane: It’s time for schools to embrace change
Friday, 16 October 2009
Post-primary schools must step up their efforts to provide a broad range of
subject choices for every child, according to Education Minister Caitriona
Ruane.
Comments: 32
Bishop joins growing calls to end transfer stalemate
Friday, 16 October 2009
The head of the Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education (NICCE) has
urged Assembly members to find a solution now to the ongoing row over school
transfer.
Comments: 10
300 schools hit by exams blunder
Thursday, 15 October 2009
The wrong maths scores from a computer-based assessment test have been sent
out to pupils in over 300 primary schools across Northern Ireland, it
emerged today.
Comments: 5
Schools transfer: Parties will meet weekly in a bid to make progress
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Weekly meetings will take place at Stormont in an attempt to reach political
consensus on a new school transfer system.
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Schools transfer: SF stay out of the loop
Thursday, 15 October 2009
John O'Dowd cut a lonely figure as he stood in Stormont's Great Hall
yesterday morning.
Comments: 2
Parties vow to resolve schools transfer turmoil
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Four of Northern Ireland’s political parties have responded to the Belfast
Telegraph’s Sit Down, Sort It Out campaign by signalling that they will work
together to resolve the schools transfer debacle.
Comments: 10
Education Blog: It was short and sweet, but at least it’s a start
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Not much could be resolved in a meeting which lasted just over an hour — but
it was an important starting point.
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