AQW 8835/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education what guidance he will give to post-primary schools on the use of transfer tests as a means of selection, given it may not be possible to stage these tests within public health guidance.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 15 October 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Priority
- Tabled
- 15 October 2020
- Answer due by
- 23 October 2020
- Answered
- 22 October 20207 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
Boards of Governors of schools are responsible for setting and applying the admissions criteria they use to select children for admission. My Department will write to post-primary schools that are using academic selection in 2021 to advise them of the importance of ensuring alternative methods of selecting children are available if required.