AQW 8532/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 05/12/2016
Answered On Date: 19/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education in light of the challenges which the Education Authority encountered in implementing the DSC Shared Education Signature Project, including the major underspend compared to the projected expenditure for this Project, to outline any departmental concerns about the roll-out of the SEUPB Peace IV Shared Education Project.

Answer:

The assessment process for Peace IV is still in progress and it is therefore not possible to provide any assessment at this stage.

Challenges encountered in implementing the DSC Shared Education Signature Project were largely due to industrial action by teaching unions in respect of the statutory assessment process, but with interim arrangement agreed with unions, spend has been increasing.