1 day ago by paceni

The Parental Alliance for Choice in Education Northern Ireland Branch Press Release 17/09 Thursday, 17 December 2009 PACE has uncovered that in the last 2 years Northern Ireland’s Key Stage 3 literacy levels have crashed. The general decline in pupils’ attainment is best evidenced in the results obt ...

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6 days ago by paceni

Pro selection parents: Our papers are not for you http://events.belfastmedia.com/?p=460 Only towards the end of the Belfast Telegraph “Sit Down – Sort it Out” did they reveal their default anti-academic selection position . There can be no doubt that readers convinced otherwise by previous Belfast T ...

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8 days ago by paceni

That'll be £7 million please The non-entity Education & Skills Authority has cost taxpayers over £7 million pounds to date. The Parental Alliance for Choice in Education has warned politicians and the media about the track record of the Chief Executive (designate) Gavin Boyd who practiced prolifigat ...

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19 days ago by paceni

Peter Robinson must think all unionists are educationally disadvantaged. Otherwise he would have thought through his proposal to allow decisions of the Executive, such as on education, to be taken by any three parties. S(election) at 14 has been once again floated by the educationalists including th ...

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19 days ago by paceni

The Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson, has proposed a change to the decision making process of the Stormont Executive. Robinson's Surrender Pact http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8383699.stm When applied to the blocked decision of the Education Minister to end academic selecti ...

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22 days ago by Bill Carmichael

The fag end of the current Labour administration, after 12 long years in power, seems the perfect time for an end of term report on what the government stated right at the beginning was its top priority – education. Who can forget Tony Blair’s speech to the 1996 party conference, a few months before ...

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23 days ago by wendysmyth

A group of Lisburn swimmers took part in the Ulster Grammar Schools Gala held in Larne last weekend with many reaching finals and securing well deserved medals. In the Boys 10-13, Nicky Galloway swam to victory taking Gold in a time of 31.19 in the 50m Back and also claiming a new club record, with ...

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28 days ago by paceni

Caitriona Ruane appears unable to read English or calculate simple maths http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/85-schools/10-types_of_school-nischools_pg/16-schools-integratedschools_pg/16_schools_-_types_of_school_criteria_pg.htm A new integrated school must attract 30% of its pupils from the minority commu ...

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29 days ago by paceni

The Minister of Education, Caitriona Ruane granted conditional approval in May 2009 for the development proposal of the NEELB to transform Parkhall College in Antrim. The Board of Governors of the school had conducted an unprecedented FOUR ballots of parents in order to eventually obtain the necessa ...

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30 days ago by paceni

When PACE were contacted by parents concerned about the results of Incas assessments given to them during parent/teacher meetings they undertook to write to the CEM at Durham University, CCEA and the DENI. The first response from CEM Incas staff was unexpected and raised further concerns. Queries on ...

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