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Churchmen call for an end to confusion over transfers
By Simon Doyle Education Correspondent06/11/2008
PLANNING TO END STALEMATE: Education spokesmen from the four main Churches, from left, the Rev Ian Ellis, Church of Ireland, the Rev Trevor Gribben, Presbyterian Church, Bishop Donal McKeown, Catholic Church and the Rev Trevor Jamieson, Methodist Church at a press conference yesterday in Presbyterian Church House, Belfast announcing a plan to help end the 11-plus PICTURE: Colm O’Reilly
The north's four main Churches have urged politicians to stand back from established positions to end uncertainty surrounding the future system of transfer to post-primary schools.
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