Topical question AQT 2672/22-27

Topical question by Dr Steve Aiken OBE on .

MLA
Dr Steve Aiken OBE
Party at the time
Ulster Unionist Party
Date
6 October 2026
Type
Topical question
Assembly reference
AQT 2672/22-27
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5776947

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Dr Aiken asked the Minister of Education, after acknowledging that it was good to hear the news about the programme for international student assessment (PISA) scores, why German, one of the most important modern languages, is being dropped by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) at the end of the decade.

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