Parties take receipt of educators' report [newsletter.co.uk]
- Published: 21 May 2010
A REPORT aimed at breaking the political impasse over academic selection has been presented to a cross-party group of MLAs.
The SDLP, Alliance Party, DUP and UUP commissioned a team of educators to report on how the stalemate could be overcome.
Sinn Fein's Education Minister Caitriona Ruane has stopped official academic testing for post-primary education but grammar schools across both sides of the community set up unofficial tests in defiance. Unlike the previous 11-plus test, this left many children having to do multiple, unofficial tests in unfamiliar surroundings at weekends.
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