The head of the North’s Equality Commission says inequalities are magnified for young people coming from social and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Dr Michael Wardlow says identifying and highlighting these inequalities is only the first step. Such educational fault-lines must be followed by action, he emphasised.
A new report from the Equality Commission suggests inequality in education in Northern Ireland is getting worse.
It reveals that the proportions of Catholics achieving educational targets in GCSEs and A levels are persistently higher than Protestant peers.
Minority ethnic pupils generally are more likely to leave school with no GCSEs than White school-leavers.
Traveller and Roma children, who have some of the lowest attainment levels of all equality groups, encounter the most negative experiences.
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