NI academic selection causes continued disadvantage – report

NI academic selection causes continued disadvantage – report Bishop Donal McKeown, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Down and Connor

Staff Reporter Academic selection in the North of Ireland “disadvantages the already disadvantaged” according to new research from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). Called ‘Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?’, the paper discusses the tests used by grammar schools to select pupils. Transfer tests began on Saturday November 12 and will…

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