While the schools are in urgent need of new bricks and mortar, there is not enough cash to fund complete re-builds.
Instead, the education minister John O’Dowd and his department say they must do more with the existing estate.
With this in mind, he is rolling out his School Enhancement Programme (SEP), which is designed to allow the refurbishment or extension of existing school buildings. Each project is valued at between £500,000 and £4 million and there is a potential £134 million available.
Priority is given to projects aimed at facilitating amalgamation or rationalisation in support of the area-based planning.
Integrated, Catholic and state-controlled secondary schools across the North will all benefit.
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