Education deadlock 'costs millions' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 27 April 2010
Millions of pounds are being wasted because of the Northern Ireland Executive deadlock over education, the Assembly has heard.
The five governing education and library boards are still in place because Education Minister Caitriona Ruane is unable to gain cabinet consent for replacing them with one organisation.
The DUP is opposed to the Education and Skills Authority (ESA) because it is unhappy with the treatment of controlled schools, attended mostly by Protestant children.
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