Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:15 pm on 8 April 2024.
Colm Gildernew
Sinn Féin
3:15,
8 April 2024
T8. Mr Gildernew asked the Minister of Education for an update on his opinion of, and his Department’s work on, composite classes. (AQT 148/22-27)
Paul Givan
DUP
It allows schools to develop. In my Constituency, I can think of one primary school in the village where I lived, Maghaberry, where we moved from a seven-class base school. Enrolment was increasing as the population grew, and we had to move to providing composite classes. That was the only way to allow the school to continue to grow. As populations grow, you want to move to having two class bases in a school. Composite classes have a role where it meets the need of a local population.
Edwin Poots
DUP
That concludes topical questions to the Minister of Education. I ask Members to take their ease for a moment while we make a change to the Chair.
(Mr Deputy Speaker [Mr Blair] in the Chair)
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