UK: Working class boys education fear

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2008-11-26 00:04

Article here. Excerpt:

'Almost 80% of teenage boys from impoverished Protestant estates in Northern Ireland leave school without adequate grades, the Education minister revealed.

Those failing to obtain at least five GCSE C grades in deprived unionist areas is significantly higher than the 64% rate in disadvantaged Catholic/nationalist estates, Caitriona Ruane told the Assembly.

The Sinn Fein minister said tackling underachievement among Protestant boys would be a priority of the new Educational Skills Authority (ESA). The centralised delivery body is set to replace the five existing education boards in 2010 under plans to streamline public administration in the region.'

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another sad problem for northern ireland..can't this country ever catch a break

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Submitted by Disembodied_Voice on Wed, 2008-11-26 12:44