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February has seen the return of The BIG Apprenticeship Event at Southern Regional College. The College hosted an Apprenticeship and Higher Level Apprenticeship (HLA) open evening at Newry West campus on Tuesday evening. Crowds flocked to the event with over 600 people, made up of prospective students and parents attending. Attendees got the opportunity to […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said that plans by the EA to cut budgets of local youth services is a real concern. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “Here in Newry I have already met some local service providers to listen to their concerns around cuts to local EA youth services. “We have now […]
Sinn Féin councillor has welcomed confirmation that a number of key works will now go ahead at Darkley Primary School. The Cusher Councillor said: “A number of key works are now confirmed to go ahead for Darkley Primary School. “The school contacted me with concerns over safety issues with access to their playground and releasing […]
Southern Regional College are the proud recipients of a formal accreditation status from The Royal Society of Chemistry. The College is the only Further Education College within Northern Ireland to achieve this accolade, and one of six Further Education providers in the UK with permission to use The Royal Society of Chemistry’s crest! The College […]
Proposed further cuts to funding would have a “catastrophic” effect on schools and young people, the NI Children’s Commissioner has said, following news that the Education Authority (EA) have been directed to bridge a £110m funding gap. “Meeting with the EA recently I was alarmed to discover the scale and depth of cuts being asked […]
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson has called for greater clarity on arrangements for the pupils of the Lurgan campus of Craigavon Senior High School. It follows a recent announcement from the Department of Education’s permanent secretary Dr Mark Browne that the Kitchen Hill campus in Lurgan will move to operate on the Portadown campus site from […]
“In many ways, Markethill High highlights the neglect of the controlled sector going back generations. Markethill High was built in 1959 with the intention of accommodating 200 pupils. There are currently 503 pupils on the roll books and no less than eight mobiles are being employed to house the children. Some of the mobiles are […]
Alliance Upper Bann MLA Eóin Tennyson has said political courage is needed to form an Executive so the current crisis in education can be fixed. He was speaking after the board of the Education Authority (EA) refused to back a draft savings plan. Eóin Tennyson said: “The board of the EA considered, but refused to […]
SDLP Representative for Cusher Emmajayne McKernan has reminded parents of pre-school and P1 children to make sure they submit their applications to the Education Authority. Ms McKernan said, “I’ve been contacted by a number of parents inquiring about the timeline for applying for pre-school and P1 places. “It’s such an important application process but after […]
Speaking in Westminster during a debate on Religious Education in schools, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has called for efforts from certain lobby groups to cancel Christianity from Religious Education in schools to be resisted. During the debate, the DUP MP said: “In Northern Ireland we recently had an outrageous court judgment that declared that […]
Aontú Deputy Leader and Education Spokeswoman, Gemma Brolly, has criticised a recent UNESCO report for bias promotion of the Single Integrated Education system. Speaking today, Gemma Brolly said “There’s a worrying push against the pluralist education model currently in place. We’ve seen attempts by lobby groups in recent years to erode parental choice in education. […]
Young people with disabilities in Dundalk who attend training and education courses at the National Learning Network will not get the €500 disability support that was due to be paid on Monday, it has been revealed. The situation was revealed in Leinster House last Thursday by Louth TD Ruairí Ó Murchú who said he had […]
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