Paul Givan
Executive agrees new law to require schools to make uniforms affordable
The School Uniforms Bill will be introduced by Education Minister Paul Givan
Newton Emerson: Have our schools and teachers learned the lessons of the Covid pandemic?
Acknowledgement of the scale and needlessness of the disaster would be a start
All schools in Northern Ireland to receive defibrillator under new plans announced by Paul Givan
Around 600 schools in the north currently do not have a defibrillator
Teachers warn of further strike action just months after accepting pay increase
Unions representing majority of teachers in Northern Ireland are to ballot members on strike action
Teacher unions to ballot members for industrial action over pay
They say management has been failure to make a satisfactory pay offer for 2024/5.
New app launched to help school pupils in using defibrillators and carrying out CPR
The initiative was funded by the Department of Education and developed by CCEA
Paul Givan ‘ignored advice from official’ by meeting loyalist group
The LCC is an umbrella group which represents the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Ulster Defence Association and the Red Hand Commando.
Analysis: Does Paul Givan’s response to the Independent Review of Education provide solutions?
The report last year made 25 key recommendations related to investment in early years provision, reform of the curriculum and the qualifications system
Plans to radically reform education system ‘lack critical detail and resourcing’
Among the plans are to make it compulsory for young people to stay in education or training until they are 18
Paul Givan defends criteria used for selecting schools to benefit from new educational programme
The Irish News revealed earlier this week concerns the scheme could potentially provide money to a £5,000 a year prep school