Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement

Division held on 5 November 2024. The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Decision type

Simple Majority

Method

Lobby Division

Result

The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Debate

RAISE: Failure to Tackle Educational Underachievement

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The motion voted on

Motion (Private Members' Motion): Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement

That this Assembly recognises that socio-economic background is the biggest predictor of educational underachievement; acknowledges that a range of targeted interventions across government are required to tackle the issue and give children and young people the opportunity to reach their potential; welcomes the allocation of over £20 million from the Shared Island fund to help tackle educational underachievement; regrets that the resulting RAISE programme’s eligibility formula excludes many schools in some of the most deprived working class communities; further regrets that, by design, this programme will not deliver based on objective need; and calls on the Minister of Education to replace the RAISE programme with a new programme which will target support to the schools and children that, based on objective evidence, need it most.

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Tabled by: Mr Danny Baker, Mr Pádraig Delargy, Mrs Cathy Mason, Mr Pat Sheehan

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