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The plan that I am taking forward is a Department of Education-led plan. All of it has consensus, because we are all in agreement that we want the very best for every single school. The Department of Education is leading on the plan, and we are making significant progress. I took heart not just from the number of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
I am keen to understand, Minister. Clearly, it is a comprehensive and ambitious plan that you have set out, and one that you have been working on for some time. Has it been discussed in detail at the Executive? If so, did all parties' Ministers agree to it?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
They were chosen because the research tells us that they are the right things to do. It is clear that high-quality teaching and learning are at the heart of driving educational improvement. Successful school systems ground changes in the classroom by focusing, first and foremost, on teachers and the content that they…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
I thank the Minister for his answer and congratulate him on his initiative that engages with schools directly, which is, as he said in his speech, the first of its kind in a long time. Will the Minister outline why he chose those particular priorities for this engagement, or why some of those things were chosen as the…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
It has been an eventful two months since I published the TransformED Northern Ireland strategy on 11 March. In April, I unveiled the delivery plan for the strategy, which translates the strategy’s vision into actionable steps. It outlines key delivery partners, indicative timescales and costs. Last week, I held the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
I thank the Member for that question. A number of interventions take place in the Foyle constituency. There is a local project funding opportunity, and funding has been awarded to voluntary youth work providers working specifically with young people from Irish Street and Top of the Hill, which is an interface area.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
Will the Minister give more details on the interventions being delivered by the EA Youth Service to give us a better idea of what he has in place?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
Absolutely. I agree with the Member. Political leaders, in their constituencies and at a Northern Ireland level, should give leadership in a way that does not inflame tensions, so that those tensions can be mitigated. That is important. We have moved on so far in our society. When we look back at where we were many…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
I thank the Minister for his answer. I am not sure that it answers my question, which was focused on issues that have emanated recently and publicly in and around the Waterside area in particular. However, we welcome any initiative to educate our young people on the evil of sectarianism and the dangerous and deadly…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
As a result of the funding being made available by the Executive programme on paramilitarism and organised crime (EPPOC), a programme is in place to provide wrap-around education services to children and young people facing significant challenges in the greater Shantallow area. The programme of flexible interventions…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
In each locality, a strategic area plan will be delivered. The local reference group will draw together the key organisations that will be part of the process, building the relevant people to be part of it and developing those plans. When they produce that, ultimately, it will still come to the Department for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
Can the Minister give details of how the place-based partnerships are being established? What measures is his Department taking to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are involved in this critical programme?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
Yes. Concerns were raised, and we provided transparency on the data that was used. I assure the Member that a wide range of indicators, including free school meal entitlement, were used to shortlist the super output areas for potential inclusion in the programme. The methodology for the selection of RAISE localities…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
Minister, the Assembly and a number of councils have raised concerns about the design of the RAISE programme and how it might divert much-needed funding from areas that need it most. Has the Minister reflected on any of those criticisms?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
The Member makes a really valuable point. That is very much what RAISE is about. It is a whole-community response. It is not a school-led initiative; it is a community-led initiative. Therefore, it is important that, as programmes are developed, there is collaboration with interested stakeholders, whether they be…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
The Minister will be aware that North Belfast has some of the most impoverished areas in Northern Ireland. In developing the programme for tackling educational underachievement, will any pilot projects work hand in hand and, in particular, work in partnership with parents to tackle the issues of poverty that lead to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
Very much so. The Member has had me visit a number of areas in his constituency, and there is a clear desire for the project to be successful. I am pleased that we have made significant progress in allocating the funding that has been provided through the Shared Island Fund. We have now been able to allocate that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
I thank the Minister for that update and for the work that his officials are doing to roll the programme out quickly. Will the Minister agree that the work that his Department is undertaking shows his personal commitment and, indeed, that of our party to ensure that every young person in North Belfast has the best…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
There has been very positive engagement with stakeholders in North Belfast through locality engagement events, focus groups, individual meetings and strategic area plan workshops. There has also been engagement with parents and with children and young people led by Parenting Focus and Stranmillis University College…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
Mr Bradley has been a consistent and passionate campaigner for progress to be made on the site. He has made representation to me on a number of occasions. The challenge that has presented is with the significant, major capital expenditure in order to facilitate location on the site that had been identified and with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update
Having had meetings for several years with the educational establishments that will form the new school, I am extremely disappointed that it is now back to the drawing board and that no clarity has been given. Can the Minister provide clarity, at least to the new board of governors, on where the project is going to go…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update
The question is exclusively about the Causeway proposal. Members can ask what they wish, but I do not have a response prepared for that question.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update
Can the Minister provide an update on the identification of an agreed site for mid Down integrated college and on the ongoing progress to deliver that project?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update
I appreciate the comments and share the views that the Member has raised with me. I have met the principals behind the school, and, recently, I have engaged with the newly appointed principal who will take forward the school, and those concerns have been expressed to me. As I said in my original response, I have met…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Academy: Update
I appreciate that: that is new information. The Minister will be conscious that the delay in announcing the new school site will have an impact on people applying for the new Causeway Academy and we need that reassurance as soon as possible. Does he have a timeline for when we can expect that answer?
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