Education

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 15 June 2016 to receive a briefing from the Education Authority on special schools Early Years provision. The Committee also discussed June monitoring. A briefing from the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment was deferred. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 08 June 2016 to receive a Departmental briefing on the June monitoring round. The Committee also received briefings on Special Schools Early Years provision from Parents’ Equal Education Coalition, the Early Years Organisation and Tor Bank School. View the agenda. Subscribe on YouTube. Subscribe on Soundcloud.  

The Committee met for the first time in the new mandate in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 1 June 2016. The Committee received a first day briefing from the Department of Education. View the agenda.

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament buildings, on 16 March 2016 to receive a briefing from Assembly Research on special schools funding and from the Education Authority on pre-school provision in special schools. View Agenda Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee for Education met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 09 March 2016. The Committee received a briefing from Minister, John O’Dowd, on the 2016-17 budget and from the Department on the Marshall Report on Child Sexual Exploitation. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 2 March 2016 to receive briefings on the Complaints Tribunal (Curriculum and Related Matters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, promotion of STEM in Schools and Early Years Pathways. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 17 February 2016 to receive a briefing from the West Belfast Partnership Board on addressing underachievement and from the National Children’s Bureau Northern Ireland on the “ICT and me” Report. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee for Education met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 10 February 2016 to receive Departmental briefings on the Shared Education Bill Further Consideration Stage and the Capital Programme – Progress and Protocols. Representatives from Tor Bank School, Harberton School and the Loughshore Educational Resource Centre also briefed the Committee on Strategic Leadership Forum – Special… Continue Reading Committee for Education Meeting 10 February 2016

The Committee for Education met on Monday 8 February 2016 in Room 21, Parliament Buildings to consider its report on the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber on 03 February 2016 to scrutinise the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill. View the agenda. Minute of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence