Education
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Children and Young People’s Strategy progress ‘set aside’
Plans to advance a Children and Young People’s Strategy, which has been required by law since 2015, have been further…
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Getting real about recovery
In March 2020 things changed for everyone across the UK as we entered the “delay” phase in the fight against…
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Summer food scheme given funding
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed to extend the free school meals scheme over the school summer holidays at a…
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Action for Children: 20 years of support
Action for Children celebrates 20 years in Northern Ireland this month. Recently appointed National Director NI, Lorna Ballard, outlines the…
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Towards a Childcare Strategy
Education Minister Peter Weir has published a Childcare Sector Recovery Plan in a bid to restore the sector to pre-Covid-19…
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Delivering an e-safety strategy
An e-Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland aimed at keeping children and young people safe online has yet to be signed…
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Children in need
Over 5 per cent of children in Northern Ireland are known to social services as a ‘child in need’ and…
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The path to inclusive education
In 2006, the UN published a convention that for the first time included the explicit recognition to a child’s right…
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The benefits of shared education
Sharing is becoming an integral part of practice for many schools. Almost 79,000 pupils from across Northern Ireland are involved…
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Special Education Needs: A political perspective
In the absence of an Education Minister, the Department of Education is progressing on a draft framework for Special Education…
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