The North’s education minister John O’Dowd says 150 teachers will help improve educational outcomes for pupils.
The North’s first and deputy first ministers first announced the Delivering Social Change Signature Project last year. It will involve the employment of recently graduated teachers, who are without permanent employment, on a two-year fixed-term contract. They will help schools deliver tuition to children who are currently struggling to achieve required levels in literacy and numeracy.
Revealing further details about the scheme, Mr O’Dowd says the aim is to increase the number of post-primary pupils, in particular those entitled to free school meals, achieving a grade C or above in English and maths by the time they leave school.
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