Motion

Motion TitleCross-Departmental Collaboration in Education

Motion TextThat this Assembly takes note of the recent meeting of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy in concurrent format; calls on the Minister of Education and the Minister for the Economy to act with urgency to deliver on the issues discussed including: the publication and implementation of a careers action plan; the publication and implementation of a wider action plan for the 14-19 strategy; a timeline for delivery of the careers portal; the publication and implementation of a plan to improve post-school and post-19 SEND provision which includes legislative proposals that have been developed on a cross-departmental basis alongside colleagues in the Department of Health; and further calls on the Ministers to develop policy proposals which clarify and support a collaborative relationship between post-16 education in schools and further education, as highlighted by the Independent Review of Education's recommendations to address the need for parity of esteem between academic and further education institutions and pathways.

Motion CategoryCommittee Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office17/06/2025