Education

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

The Committee met on 2 February 2016 in the Senate Chamber to conclude its informal deliberations and undertake formal clause by clause scrutiny of the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence  

On 27 January 2016, the Committee considered a briefing from Assembly Research on the promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in schools. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 20 January 2016 to receive briefings on the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill from Assembly Research / Assembly Education Services, NI Human Rights Commission, Equality Commission NI, NI Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Ulster Teachers’ Union. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Committee met in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings on 13 January 2016 to receive briefings on the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill from the Department of Education, the Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum, the Children’s Law Centre and the Tor Bank Special School and the National Association of Head Teachers. View the agenda.