Review of Post-Primary Education: Report on Responses to Consultation

Part of the debate – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 11:45 am on 8 October 2002.

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Photo of Mr Tom Hamilton Mr Tom Hamilton UUP 11:45, 8 October 2002

No, I shall not. Therefore, 64% of parents were in favour of retention. Interestingly, when one looks at the figure for schools that claimed to oppose academic selection, one sees that 62% of the teachers surveyed favoured retaining it. A figure that has not been quoted, and which is contained in the report’s summary, is that the opinion of primary and post-primary pupils was divided equally for and against academic selection. Therefore, even within — [Interruption].