Posted by Christopher Mc on Friday, March 13, 2009
Under: Education
According to the BBC - "The future of Catholic education in Northern Ireland is under "significant threat" from planned reforms, Cardinal Sean Brady has claimed. He said plans to centralise control of education could "undermine the ethos" of Catholic schools.
That's all very true, but what's hard to understand is why it's taken so long for the threat to become apparent. The Education and Skills Authority began to take shape almost two years ago when it's CEO designate, Gavin Boyd, was appointed. Where was the lobbying to prevent it getting this far? Did the race to turn Catholic grammar schools comprehensive distract from the bigger issues?
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