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The Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 introduced a school system which included a government-run eleven-plus post-primary transfer test as an entrance exam for grammar schools; this had previously been introduced in England and Wales in 1944. The test, a form of academic selection, was retained in Northern Ireland whereas England and Wales ...
Cabin Hill Preparatory School, Belfast Cairncastle Primary School, Cairncastle, County Antrim; Cainshill Primary School. Belfast, County Down; Camphill Primary School, Ballymena, County Antrim
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland.It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland.
Stranmillis University College. The college was established in 1922 to provide state-funded teacher training by the then newly created Government of Northern Ireland to ensure that there would be a non-denominational teacher training college within Northern Ireland's boundaries after the partition of Ireland.
There has been a call for urgent action after the first identification of Raac at a school in Northern Ireland. ... eight-classroom block at Cairnshill Primary School in south Belfast ...
In the 1970s, however, there was a decline in teacher education when the government decided, in response to falling school enrolments, to reduce the supply of teachers, and the Catholic bishops decided to amalgamate St Mary’s and St Joseph’s. The new college, called St Mary’s University College, came formally into existence in September 1985.
A number of schools are closed in Northern Ireland due to adverse weather. ... Belleek No 2 Primary School, Corry , BT93 3FU. Ballougry Primary School, 30 Mullenan Road, BT48 9XN.
Integrated education in Northern Ireland refers to the bringing together of children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions in childhood education: the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all cultural and religious backgrounds.