SINN Féin MLA Karen Mullan has said it’s crucial the Education Authority is fully prepared to implement new Special Educational…
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Department’s U-turn over cash for school counselling
THE Department of Education (DE) has reversed a decision not to allow schools to pay for counselling for pupils using…
‘Academic selection must be scrapped’, Mullan tells Assembly
SINN Féin’s Education spokesperson Karen Mullan has called for academic selection to be scrapped during an Assembly debate today. The…
New exams proposals don’t go far enough – Mullan
SINN Féin Foyle MLA Karen Mullan has said new proposals from CCEA and Minister Peter Weir on the delivery of…
Special Educational Needs: Proposals to change special needs support in North
DECISIONS on what support pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) get are to be made in 22 weeks rather than…
Mullan proposes solutions to exams officials to AS Level exam debacle – Mullan
INN Féin’s Education spokesperson Karen Mullan has called on the Council for the Curriculum, Exams and Assessment (CCEA) to reconsider…
Coronavirus: 88 positive COVID-19 cases are recorded in 64 schools in North
POSITIVE Coronavirus cases have been reported in 64 separate schools in the North of Ireland among staff or pupils in…
Coronavirus: Fewer GCSE exams for students in 2021
PUPILS taking GCSEs in the North of Ireland are set to sit fewer exams in 2021. That is according to…
A-levels storm: Education Minister asked to produce homework on grading algorithm
QUESTIONS have been raised over the transparency of the algorithm used to calculate A-level results at Stormont’s Education Committee today.…
Education Minister must act ‘decisively’ on A-level results – Mullan
EDUCATION Minister Peter Weir has been urged to act “quickly” and “decisively” in the wake of A-level and AS results…