Schools have been told they will not lose any money from their delegated budgets in the next financial year after extra cash was found for education.
There must still be multi-million pound savings made by education boards and also by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), which is responsible for further and higher education.
It is feared the range of subjects available to all post-primary pupils will be affected by the cut to further education.
Every secondary school in the North is now required by law to provide their pupils access to a minimum number of courses at key stage 4 and post-16. At least one third must be vocational and one third academic.
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