Education

The Committee for Education held its next on Wednesday 11 January 2017 at 10:00am in Room 30, Parliament Buildings. The Committee considered briefing papers from Assembly Research on the 2006-16 Children and Young People’s Strategic Indicators and the most recent PISA and TIMSS reports. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 14 December 2016 to receive a briefing from representatives of the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation at Queen’s University, Belfast on nurture provision in Primary Schools. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in Stranmillis University College, Belfast on Wednesday 7 December 2016 to receive a briefing from the Department, the Education Authority,  the Western Health and Social Care Trust, the Health and Social Care Board and Public Health Agency on Education/Health special educational needs co-operation. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee for Education met in Down High School, Downpatrick on Wednesday 30 November 2016 to receive a Departmental progress update and a review of outdoor education centres from UNISON. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 23 November 2016 to receive a Ministerial briefing on teachers’ salary negotiations and from the Education and Training Inspectorate on their Chief Inspector’s 2014-16 Report. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in Ashfield Boys’ High School, Belfast on Wednesday 16 November 2016 to receive briefings on Ant-bullying week, rationalisation of outdoor education centres and from the Youth Parliament on the Make Your Mark Campaign. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 09 November 2016 to receive a briefing from Employers for Childcare on VAT on childcare at home and a Departmental briefing on the 2016-21 Programme for Government Action Plan. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 26 October 2016 to receive Departmental briefings on capital budget and area planning. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee for Education met in St. Dominic’s Grammar School for Girls, Belfast on Wednesday 19 October 2016 to receive briefings from the Governing Bodies Association and Comhairle na Gaelscolaoichta. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 12 October 2016 to receive a Departmental briefing on special educational needs and a Ministerial briefing on Pre-School Special School Review / Post-Primary Transfer. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.