Landscape changes as education reform moves forward [anphoblacht.com]
- Published: 15 April 2010
The ambitious reform of the education system in the Six Counties, driven by Sinn Féin, has made several decisive political steps forward in recent months. On 1 March the North’s Commission for Catholic Education published its post-primary review reiterating its position that academic selection should be completely phased out of Catholic-sector schools by 2012.
The Catholic Church has held a longstanding position of opposition to the discriminatory practice of testing children at the age of 10 or 11 to determine the type of post-primary school they will attend. However, this review (and its complementary area reports) for the first time outlines specific proposals as to how schools in a given area can make the transition to area-based planning.
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