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Post-Primary Selection

Robinson told to butt out in transfer test row

The First Minister is “powerless” to propose any initiative to find a common transfer test for Northern Ireland's 11-year-olds, according to a Sinn Fein MLA.

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Sinn Fein's O'Dowd says bright kids must rise to the top in Northern Ireland education system

Saturday, 18 June 2011

Schools chief John O'Dowd today signalled a fresh approach to education as he declared "bright kids must be allowed to rise to the top".
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Ulster grammar school rapped over standards

Saturday, 18 June 2011

A Co Antrim school has become Northern Ireland's first grammar to be placed in the Department of Education's formal intervention process.
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Sinn Fein Education minister John 0'Dowd: 'A move away from academic selection is a key cornerstone'

Saturday, 18 June 2011

What Education Minister John O'Dowd has to say about the state of Northern Ireland education
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Sinn Fein and unionists pledge 'clean sheet' on academic selection,

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Sinn Fein's new education minister and unionist MLAs have signalled their wish to start with a "clean sheet" after years of division over scrapping the 11-plus transfer test.
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Most Northern Ireland P7 pupils 'get first choice school'

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Thousands of P7 pupils across Northern Ireland will today find out which post-primary school they will be going to in September.
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