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Andrew Martin, senior responsible owner, Education Authority; pupil Daniel Fitzsimmons; Maria Quinn MBE, former principal; Fiona Cromie, principal; Education Minister Paul Givan; Councillor Julie Gilmour, Deputy Mayor Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council; pupil Casey Sloan and Sharon Simpson, project sponsor, Education Authority. Photo provided by Department of Education.

Sod-cutting ceremony at new £45m school site

l-r; Audrey Rainey, Chief Operating Officer Early Years, Diane Forsythe MLA, Assembly Private Secretary to the Education Minister, Dr Mark Ginsberg, President Towsun University, Maryland, Pauline Walmsley, Chief Executive Early Years and Professor Emer Ring, Dean of Education, Mary Immaculate College Limerick.

Early Years marks 60th anniversary at annual conference

Education Minister Paul Givan pictured with Specialist Provision Teacher Michelle Chesire and pupils, during the official opening of a new Specialist Provision class and sensory room at Lislagan Primary School. CREDIT DE

New Specialist Provision class opens at Lislagan PS

Education Minister Paul Givan cuts the first sod for the project at Kilronan School. Included, from left to right, are the principal Sharlene Deehan; pupil Grace; Damien Mitchell, vice chair of the board of governors and pupil Bobby. Photo provided by Department of Education

Sod-cutting ceremony for £4.9m school enhancement project

UUP MLA Doug Beattie.

Beattie slams O'Neill for chastising minister over single sex policy in schools

Pictured at the official opening ceremony are, from left to right, chief executive of the Education Authority (EA), Richard Pengelly; principal of Islandmagee Primary School, Arlene Cambridge; Education Minister Paul Givan; chair of the board of governors, William Kane; chair of the board of the EA, Mervyn Storey and pupils, Sara-Jayne and George. Photo@ submitted

Official opening of £5.4m school 'is a truly landmark day'

Northern Ireland’s Special Olympics World Winter Games champions Caolan McConville and Lucy Best were celebrated in style at Craigavon Ski Centre with NI Executive Ministers and Mayors – a reception full of joy, laughter, and well-deserved applause. Picture: Matt Mackey

Special Olympics stars Caolan McConville and Lucy Best honoured

The former H Block at the Maze prison at Long Kesh near Lisburn. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Alliance: Maze H Block proposals shouldn't be allowed to hold up development

Lagan Valley MP Sorcha Eastwood. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Maze Prison: Eastwood dodges question on H Blocks future

Education Minister Paul Givan pictured with Principal Heather Watson, Chair of the Board of Governors Elizabeth Simpson, Sean Pettis Chief Executive NICIE, Paul Caskey Chief Executive IEF and pupils at the official opening of a new state of the art school at Phoenix Integrated Primary School, Cookstown. Photo: supplied

New £7.3 million school opens in Cookstown

22-year-old Ellie Henry who joined her mother Tracey at Stormont to lobby for continued services for adults with SEN post-school years. Credit Tracey Henry

Coleraine mum's petition to help disabled daughter and others

Nick Mathison, Alliance chair of the Education Committee. Photo: Northern Ireland Assembly/PA Wire

Education reform: Alliance warn of 'already immense' teacher workloads

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole.

Opposition leader questions Executive support for education reform

Education Minister Paul Givan with Fiona Kane, principal of St Ronan’s College; Patricia Carville, chair of the board of governors and pupils. Photo: submitted

More than 8,000 pupils to participate in phone-free pilot

Lucy Corscaden from Specsavers Lisburn, audiology director Paul Clarke, Lisburn store directors Natalie Latham and Leanne Lindsay, Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, Paul Givan MLA, Alderman Allan Ewart MBE and Pamela Woods from Specsavers Lisburn. Pic credit: Specsavers

MLAs meet hearing health experts able to help the NHS cut waiting lists

Education Minister and Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan sets out a programme of reform for SEN. Pic credit: Kelvin Boyes

Ambitious programme of reform for special educational needs

Education Minister and Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan looks back on his first year in office. Pic credit: Department of Education

Education Minister reflects on his first year in office

Wallace High School Principal Mrs Deborah O'Hare has been appointed as Chairperson to the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA). Pic credit: NIWD

New appointment for Wallace High School principal

A major clear up is underway across Northern Ireland following Friday's storm damage. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Full list of Northern Ireland school closures following Storm Éowyn

People walk in strong winds.

Watch: Map shows how strong winds will move across Northern Ireland

Education Minister Paul Givan. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Storm Éowyn: closure advised for all schools in the province

Therese Gunning, Legal Director at BT Ireland presents the 1st Senior Individual Social and Behavioural Sciences Category Award to Eoin Rossney-Hyde from Rathmore Grammar School for the project: The application of abstract mathematical theories to mitigate against racial and gender bias in AI. Eoin also won the Best Project NI Award on the evening and Rathmore GS won the Best School Northern Ireland Award. Pic credit: Chris Bellew: Fennell Photography

Rathmore Grammar student brings home Young Scientist award

Ballymena Nursery School celebrates receiving news that their school has been approved to transform to become an Integrated nursery school. CREDIT BALLYMENA NURSERY SCHOOL

Integrated status for Ballymena Nursery School

David Honeyford MLA accused the DUP of "to stop our kids sitting in the same classroom" after the DUP education minister rejected integrated status for school where only three percent of the pupils were Catholic. Pic credit: Alliance

DUP accuse Alliance MLA of 'wild, baseless accusations' over social media claim

Balnamore Primary Support Group said it was "devastated and deeply disappointed by the decision" made by Education Minister Paul Givan. Credit News Letter

Campaigners demand review of Balnamore PS closure decision

DUP MLA David Brooks, who sits on Stormont's education committee.

DUP slams Alliance Party's 'double standards' on parental choice

Alliance Party MLA Kellie Armstrong. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alliance MLA: Integrated education about changing schools' ethos

Balnamore Primary School is to close at the end of the academic year. Credit Balnamore PS

Balnamore Primary School to close

Education minister Paul Givan has rejected applications for integrated status for two schools in Bangor over a low percentage of pupils from a Catholic background.

Givan rejects integrated status for schools over low numbers of Catholic pupils

Voicing support for teachers at a rally at Belfast City Hall in 2023. Picture: Pacemaker

Northern Ireland teaching unions vote for industrial action over pay

The Education Minister with Mrs Susan Nicholl, principal Heather Lindsay, staff and Parents & Friends Association members. CREDIT: LiamMcArdle.com.

Education Minister visits Scarva Primary School

Education Minister and Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan announces expanded pre-school provision for Lisburn. Pic credit: Kelvin Boyes

First step in major expansion of pre-school education provision in Lisburn

Education Minister Paul Givan pictured with Principal, Simon Patterson, Lady Mary Peters, Dr Melanie McKee, Mayor of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, Kurtis Dickson, pupils and members of the school community during his visit to Fort Hill Integrated Primary School. Pic credit: Kelvin Boyes

Education Minister pays a visit to Fort Hill Integrated Primary

Mr Alan Wilson

Ballyclare High celebrates 30 years of French exchange programme

Education Minister Paul Givan with Philip Reid, Principal of Mill Strand IPS, Louise Rossington, Chair of Board of Governors and pupils.

VIDEO: Official opening of Mill Strand Integrated PS in Portrush

New childcare initiatives deliver over £2million savings for Northern Ireland parents. Picture: unsplash

NI parents urged not to miss out on benefits of new childcare scheme

Education Minister Paul Givan with staff and pupils. Included are Mrs. Julie McDonagh, principal, and Mr. Ryan Brolly, chairman, Board of Governors. Credit Lorcan Doherty

New £6.3million school for Roe Valley Integrated PS

Education Minister Paul Givan pictured during his visit to Holy Family Primary School. Credit: Supplied

‘Parts of the school are over 130 years old and are no longer fit for purpose’

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Childcare subsidy for almost 900 childen in Upper Bann

Education Minister, Paul Givan MLA chatting to pupils at St Columbanus College, Bangor. (Pic: Contributed).

Guidance on use of mobile phones in schools launched

Arlene Foster was environment minister in 2007. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Maze prison listing row began in 2007

The Maze Prison will never be a shrine – but there is a “story to be told” about the Troubles-era prison, according to the DUP Education Minister Paul Givan

Givan: No IRA shrine at Maze - but site has ‘story to be told’