Debate contribution: Economy/Education: Engagement
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 14 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Economy/Education: Engagement
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5685477
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I thank the Member for her question. As I said, it is about making sure that we are meeting the needs of all learners. We will continue to engage with the Education Minister. I think that we share the aspiration that what we teach young people, in school or further or higher education, meets the needs of the economy in not just the here and now but in the future as well. We are equipping them with the appropriate digital skills and other skills that they require, which will support us in developing the economy but also in developing the type of society that we want. Education is not just about the economy, of course. It is about opening minds and raising aspirations, which is important, and we need to capture that in the curriculum.
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