The Southern Education and Library Board says it is no longer pursuing a proposal to merge grammar and non-grammar schools involved in the Dickson Plan.
The Dickson Plan is a “two-tier” system in which pupils transfer to secondary education at age 14 instead of 11.
Operating in the Craigavon area of Co Armagh since the 1960s, it offers six “junior high” schools (for ages 11 to 14).
At 14, pupils then transfer to one of three grammars or two secondary schools.
However, the North’s education minister John O’Dowd says the continuation of the Dickson Plan means all pupils do not have access to equitable educational provision.
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