“Our Children – Their Education” brings local people and educationalists together with elected representatives to explore how the education system might be designed to meet the challenges of budget cuts and a rapidly changing world.
Following on from a successful first event at Corick House Hotel, Clogher, the next event will be:
on Thursday 26th January
6.30pm—9.30pm Light tea from 6.00pm
in Millbrook Lodge Hotel
5 Drumaness Road
Ballynahinch, BT24 8LS
Please join us in Ballynahinch on Thursday 26th January for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities for our schools in the Down Council area.
The purpose of these meetings is to explore some of the issues which could lead to significant changes in how schools are planned, funded,managed and structured. It’s crucial that each child receives the best education possible as schools react to the budget cuts. This presents challenges, particularly in areas where there are a large number of small schools that are below the Department of Education’s sustainable enrolment criteria.
This context presents real opportunities for communities and their schools to do things differently; to imagine how education might be delivered differently in their area in the best interests of children, both today and in the future. In some communities this could involve exploring greater degrees of sharing either within or between schools.
This event is being chaired by William Crawley who is a journalist, broadcaster and blogger with the BBC, and who presents a variety of TV and radio programmes.
