Terms of Reference

The aim of the Committee Inquiry is to champion and celebrate School Councils in Northern Ireland

Specifically, the Committee wishes to:

• Establish baseline information on the number of school councils in Northern Ireland;
• Examine how existing school councils operate in practice;
• Identify what educational and social outcomes school councils deliver in Northern Ireland and how this compares with reported outcomes elsewhere;
• Make recommendations to support and enhance the work school councils do across Northern Ireland; and
• Report to the Assembly by September 2012

Any organisation or individual with an interest in this Inquiry is invited to contact:

The Clerk to the Committee for Education, Room 241, Parliament Buildings, Ballymiscaw, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3XX.

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