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MLAs say "urgent action" is needed to address concerns on the General Teaching Council.

CHILDREN'S experiences during lockdown are being sought by the assembly's Education Committee as they try to `ensure lessons are learned' for the future.

Comments Susan Hoffman, the immediate past president of the DC Bar, has been named as the new Chair of the Washington Ireland Program, with several other high-profile figures also joining the Program’s Board. Prominent Washington, DC lawyer Susan Hoffman, who specializes in human rights issues affecting women and children, will lead the Washington Ireland Program’s Executive team alongside new Vice-Chair Charles John O’Byrne, Executive Vice President for Policy for one of America’s largest private real-estate developers. Hoffman will lead the Board’s delivery of its mission ...

More prescriptive relationships and sex education has been discussed at a Stormont committee.

BBC News By Robbie Meredith Published image copyrightJacob King/PA Wire image captionThere are more than 67,000 children with special educational needs in Northern Ireland's schools - about one in five of all pupils There is to be an independent, external review of how the Education Authority (EA) supports children with special educational needs (SEN). The Department of Education (DE) has not given a timescale for the review but said it would begin "as soon as possible." MLAs also heard that public confidence in the EA had been "totally shattered". The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report i...