Marshalled List of Amendments
Monday 26 November 2021
22 April 2021
Private Members’ Business
Item 5: Order Paper 91/17-22 – Monday 26 April 2021
Private Members’ Business
Motion: Academic Selection and the Transfer Test
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes the recent publication of Ulster University's Transforming Education Research Paper on Academic Selection and the Transfer Test; further notes that this is yet another report which outlines the psychological harm that academic selection causes to children; acknowledges the finding within the report that there is little evidence that social mobility is increased by academic selection; agrees with the conclusion articulated in the report that the current arrangements for school transfer at age 11 are damaging the life-chances of a large proportion of the school population; and calls on the Minister of Education to act in the interests of children and the wider education system by ending the use of academic selection as a means of determining post-primary transfer.
[Mr Pat Sheehan]
[Ms Nicola Brogan]
[Mr John O’Dowd]
The Speaker has selected the following Amendment for debate:
Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘school population;’ and insert:
“further notes that the right to use academic selection is currently enshrined in law; and calls on the Minister of Education to give notice that he will repeal this legal provision by 2023 and replace it with a system that has the widest support and prioritises educational excellence for all without academic selection.”
[Mr Daniel McCrossan]
[Mr Justin McNulty]
[Mr Matthew O’Toole]