Future Northern Ireland teachers excluded from Dept of Education bursary scheme

Future Northern Ireland teachers excluded from Dept of Education bursary scheme A teacher converses with a pupil.

A Belfast-based law firm has served pre-action correspondence on the Department of Education regarding its Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme, whose eligibility criteria excludes approximately 120 current students training to teach STEM and Irish-medium subjects at St Mary’s University College and Stranmillis University College. Phoenix Law is challenging the eligibility criteria of the bursary scheme,…

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