Posted on July 10, 2008 by ToryWriter
Is there anyone left who hasn’t criticised the Minister for Education?
In yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph the Children’s Commissioner, Patricia Lewsley, noted her concern that the process undertaken by Ms Ruane has done nothing to take on board the views of young people with regard to the way ahead.
The Minister has now seemingly managed the impossible. All shades of [...]
Filed under: Academic Selection, Belfast Telegraph, Children, Conservatives Northern Ireland, Education, Grammar Schools, Sinn Fein | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 20, 2007 by Editor
By Jeff Peel - In a recent edition of Sunday Sequence Edwin Poots, our, ahem, Culture Minister, expressed his view that the world is no older than 6,000 years. I’m not absolutely sure how he arrived at this conclusion (some dusty corner of the bible, no doubt) but he’s pretty sure on the matter. His [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2007 by Editor
Our readers may be interested to know that the narrow-mindedness and downright silliness of Catriona Ruane’s “vision” for education in Northern Ireland is not unique. In fact there are others with “authority” across the UK that can arrive at similarly daft conclusions. Ms Ruane’s proposals to scrap academic selection here and introduce postcode selection at [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by Editor
Jeffrey Peel, Education Spokesperson for the Conservatives in NI - and Policy Vice Chair - will be attending a Friends of Grammar Schools Reception at the House of Lords in early December - hosted by Graham Brady MP and Lord Plumb.
Peel will be accompanied by other attendees from Northern Ireland - including members of the [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2007 by Editor
The Conservatives today clarified their position in terms of academic selection and grammar schools in Northern Ireland following a statement relating to education in England made by Shadow Secretary of State for Education David Willetts MP.
The Party’s spokesperson on education in Northern Ireland, Jeffrey Peel, made the following statement:
“Education is a devolved issue in Scotland, [...]
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